: And, I meant to note that the safety twist pliers don't have the
: necessary control to snug a joint up just right, so you use
: regular pliers there. And, on the initial twist, you only need a
: couple of twists on the wire, not 6 or eight that the twist
: pliers are designed for.

DITTO,, twisting by hand gives much better control and you wont brake as many wires. also good saftey wire pliers are $$ cheap ones dont work for beans.

one thig I also found helped me out was using steel wire vs copper , steel wire is very strong and you can get persnickety joints real tight without braking wire. steel wire also pulled out from epoxy without braking. (sometimes heat is still needed with steel wire, soldering iron)

"John"