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 3/13 Lionel St. Naval Base

WA 6165 AUSTRALIA

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Cutters, Strippers & Sharpeners

The right tools, accessories and materials will always make the difference between a reliable high quality result and an average job - whether you are kit-building in plastic or metal, decoder installation or layout wiring that you are creating.

The real difference with DCCconcepts hand tool ranges is that we will ONLY stock and sell those tools that do the job perfectly and we’ll only ever sell materials that we can guarantee will give the best results.

Basically, we ONLY stock things that we will use ourselves.

Where we can’t find something to do the job, we’re determined enough to arrange for our manufacturers to create the perfect tool rather than compromise and accept a lesser item.

We therefore guarantee that every item in these pages will work at least as well as we say - and if you experience failure for any reasonable cause within one year of purchase, we will replace it without question!

 

Direct links to each product category:

 

Cutters        Strippers       Sharpeners

 

 

 

The best track & sprue cutters available

One brand dominates the cutters used by modellers but its not what it once was: We had a pair for many years and replaced them only to find that the new set were blunt in a comparatively short time.

Curious, we sent both pairs to our own tool makers and their report was unequivocal—the metal used in that famous brand now isn’t what it was a decade ago!

So we asked them to make track cutters for us using the best available material, and for good measure, we asked them to very slightly over harden them so they would have the best possible edge and a long, long life!

They did so and we are proud to claim that now, our DCCconcepts track cutters are without doubt the sharpest there are and give the cleanest possible cut in rail of all scales from Z to O scale.

We’ve since added to the range with some wonderfully precise sprue cutters and other fine tools, so scan the pages below… the quality is excellent and the price will surprise you!

Every tool we sell is made with the best quality components and they are guaranteed to do the job properly every time.

Treat them with respect & they will last you for a lifetime of modelling.

 

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  DCCconcepts Ultra-sharp Track Cutters.

Text Box: Getting the track right is as important as it gets so we specified these cutters to be the best ever made. Comfortable grips and high quality construction are a given but the key is the quality of the blade material and its preparation and hardening. We were given a simple choice here: make them the same as the others out there, or give them an edge that will guarantee a perfect clean cut in rail every time by taking the hardening process one step further. We took that extra step and we’re glad we did! These cutters are a joy to use, and cut so neatly and cleanly that filing simply isn’t needed most of the time. We sell them with a one year guarantee against chipping or fracture. Keep them exclusively for cutting rail, and they’ll last forever!

Text Box: TIP: Always remove any plastic from the area to be cut and ONLY cut through the rail from top to bottom for the best result and cleanest cut

Text Box: DCP-MP185 Text Box: Top quality rail cutters Text Box: $19.95 ea

 

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  DCCconcepts Precision Sprue Cutters.

Text Box: We sent the “market favourite” brand to our manufacturer with a request to make ours better, and they did. Super sharp, hardened cutting blades, totally flat at the back for close cuts. These will become a favourite of yours too!. For plastic & non ferrous metals only (copper, brass, NS, alu etc)

Text Box: DCP-MP185 Text Box: Top quality sprue cutters / trimmers Text Box: $19.95 ea

 

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  DCCconcepts Hardened Steel & Spring Wire cutters.

Text Box: Tough is not strong enough a word for these spring wire cutters. At last, a tool that will cut piano wire and guitar strings for turnout linkages, trim self tapping screws (up to 2mm easily) and cut all those materials that have been ruining your good pliers for years. EVERY modellers toolbox should have a pair! The unique “parrot jaw” action gives a clean square cut and the hardened steel jaws are guaranteed to survive all sprung and hardened steel wires, stainless steel wire and even hardened screws and bolts up to 2mm diameter. Also does a great job of cutting tubing nice and square!

Text Box: PS: These are GREAT for cutting and trimming guitar & piano strings too, so they’ll make a great gift for any musicians out there as they are forever damaging every pair of pliers they can lay their hands on!

Text Box: DCP-MP183 Text Box: Spring Wire cutters Text Box: $19.95 ea

 

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High quality, time saving wire strippers

 

Forget using a blade or those old strippers you’ve had for years - with these high quality strippers you will reduce frustration to about zero, make a perfect job easily every time and overall, you will also save about 25% of the time needed to wire your layout - they are THAT good!

 

DCCconcepts Precision Wire Stripper & Cutters

Text Box: Exclusive to us! We had these strippers made for us based on a pair I’d used for over 20 years. Our manufacturer went one better, adding a second stripping groove and a razor sharp cutting edge between them that my original didn’t have! These are the ultimate stripper for fine OR larger wire, and the locking adjustment lets you lock them in any position so you are guaranteed to strip the insulation, not the core. The adjustment is so fine you can take the strip size as high as 3mm - or as small as 0.1mm. This is perfect tool for layout wiring, droppers and that fine decoder wire!

Text Box: DCT-FWS  Text Box: DCCconcepts Wire Strippers & Cutters Text Box: $24.95 ea

 

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DCCconcepts Heavy Duty BUS wire strippers

Text Box: The best time saver ever! Save HOURS when installing the main power bus and if you plan well you can also do it with NO breaks in it at all with this really high quality tool. Machined alloy steel jaws strip all types of cable from AWG 10-24 gauge (0.13 -6.0mm). The excellent and consistent stripping action will allow you to neatly pull back insulation for soldering at each dropper point without having to fiddle with blades or cut the cable. For a very high efficiency approach, use our “bus terminal strips” as per our instructions and you can simply slot the cable into the terminal strip eye!

Text Box: This is how well the cable will strip with ONE squeeze of the handles! Use the 3 terminal strips (available in economical packs of 20 from DCCconcepts) and you will have the whole power bus for your layout wired in no time at all!

Text Box: DCT-BWS  Text Box: DCCconcepts BUS Wire Strippers Text Box: $29.95 ea

 

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The Incredible “Cruciform” Tungsten sharpener

I Used to NEVER sharpen a modelling blade, and to be honest I was also quite reluctant to sharpen the carving knife except at Christmas when I really and no choice… I just wasn’t very good at it, so would just buy new scalpel, razor and x-acto type blades as often as I needed to change them...!

This really effective tool has changed all that.

It will sharpen a modelling blade to an edge as good as a new one withjust a couple of passes, and it can of course also sharpen any other type of blade knife (including hard to sharpen stay-sharp types), any type of scissors or even the lathe and router bits!

A good friend was asked to try one for me and his telephone call the following day summed it up perfectly. “I could now cleanly cut my throat with every single blade in the house”. No… we don’t think that’s a very good idea, but it DOES say a lot about the effectiveness of this tool!

DCCconcepts Tungsten carbide sharpener

Text Box: DCT-TCS  Text Box: DCCconcepts Tungsten Carbide sharpener Text Box: $34.95 ea

 

 

 

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