# Share tips you have come across **URL:** \ **Category:** General Electronics\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745 "2017-01-04T07:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 834
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Further to post #659. Use a syringe to make a tool for cutting equal length pieces of heat shrink or wire. You can usually get syringes in 1, 1.5, 3, 5, 10 and 20 ml sizes. A 1.5 ml syringe can be used for different sized heat shrink from 1/16” to 3/16” in diameter. A 3 ml syringe is good for 1/4” to 5/8”. I use the 1.5 and 3 ml sizes for 90% of projects. Cut off the hub end of your syringe with a razor saw or utility knife; a flame will get rid of burrs. Move the plunger to the cut off end. The barrel flange makes a nice flat surface to rest your nippy cutters on. ![A.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/c/0/0/c00016ac94ae6828f20e829bb25a1d659a12486f.jpeg) ![B.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/1/0/1/10122dc811b1e24d9cbfb5771b69533dc374c67a.jpeg) ![C.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/5/1/5/515870205f2ab653cf22967adfdbebe8e5e7f16f.jpeg) ![D.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/6/9/a/69aec19c9b105bcbb47581d466ecdc7eb7e7ebb8.jpeg) ![E.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/9/0/8/9088e33ffd467bc08e9c1d32ebc774bce984d378.jpeg) ![F.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/6/2/a/62a9224d1ace9aff2fec71452e347d80135fedd9.jpeg) ![G.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/2/6/f/26fef78f0f635e9a864836b67a792a975afc1f76.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745)._