Anybody cut the stems off of frag plugs? What do you use?

[Buckster]

Bone cutter does well but I place a towel around it when cutting to prevent pieces from becoming projectiles!

 

[Chuk]

I use channel locks and just squeeze until it pops.
For the plastic by ones I use a dremmel with a plastic cutting disk

 

[Paul B]

I just break it with my hands.

 

[Reefer1978]

If you need a perfect cut - I use the coral saw (Gryphon), if it doesn't have to be perfect, frag cutters do a good enough job.

 

[Isabel’s Hobby]

Depends on the material. The common white frag plugs are more brittle and break or cut up easily with "bone cutters"
I have also bought frags on black, more rubber like plugs. I cut those with a hacksaw.
Also, if the coral frag is attached with a lot of glue and the coral has not spread out at the base I just use a flat head screwdriver to pop off the glue. BE CAREFUL. Don't push a screwdriver through you hand!
By the way, I like to put all of my coral frags onto real reef frag rocks. I think they look better from day one and never need removing from the rock.

Exactly I remove the coral from the plug completely. I use a surgical knife it’s very smooth but with extreme caution of course

 

[hadams356]

I've got a couple of frag plugs I want to cut the stems off of in order to mount the frag plug on my rock work. What do you guys use to cut these?

Pair of tile knippers, 15 bucks at Home Depot/Lowes works great, no flying debris, cuts within 1/8" of disk.

 

[Greatdane]

Branch clippers, I tried a hand saw once... that coral was long gone after that...

 

[JCTReefer]

This for sure. Easy and I also trim the edges to get rid of the “disk” look. I’ve tried bone cutters and its to risky for your coral and the safety of your self. Some of those suckers are rock solid.

I do exactly the same thing. Trim off the edges to get rid of the disc look.

 

[JCTReefer]

Now ya know you can buy frag plugs without the plug... Haha! That’s the easy solution. Of course if you’re growing them out on a frag rack to place at a later date that doesn’t work very well stability wise.

 

[mindme]

Exactly I remove the coral from the plug completely. I use a surgical knife it’s very smooth but with extreme caution of course

I use my bonecutters for this. I don't generally have to squeeze the bone cutters to the point of "cutting" the frag off the plug, but the flat and angle parts of the bone cutter allow me to slightly squeeze and get ahold of the frag by the rock or superglue right at the base, and then I can grab the plug and it normally removes everything off the plug.

 

[Scuba Mike]

Bone cutters and hikd into the frag side so it does not go flying

 

[bdif]

I have Chuck Norris look at them and they fall off.

4” angle grinder. Like

 

[Dr RBG]

Amazon:

Cow Horn Plaster Nippers, Serrated Blade, Spring Action, Stainless Steel
Brand: Excel

Price: $19.49
Cow Horn Plaster Nippers 8"
Serrated Jaws
Spring Action
Locking Handle for safe storage
Stainless Steel

Works great and is made to cut this type of material

 

[JustJoan]

Tile nippers.

 

[Mark'os Reef]

broadsword works well too

Who Holds the Plug for this Guy ??

 

[Auquanut]

I try to remove the frag from the plug when I can. Otherwise, tinsnips work great.

 

[olonmv]

I use an old pair of diagonal cutters.

 

[polyppal]

Who Holds the Plug for this Guy ??

The fact that he looks like the 'My Pillow Guy' makes that gif about 10x funnier

 

[Stevel]

I've got a couple of frag plugs I want to cut the stems off of in order to mount the frag plug on my rock work. What do you guys use to cut these?

Go to tile dept in Home Depot they have tile cutting pliers about $10 buck and it works great!!

 

[Gup]

An old pair of wire cutters that I sharpen with a file