[Michael C Henry]

I even took a hammer to the rivet on the pliers to eliminate any slack. The next screw cut still resisted . I decieded that the hole in the pliers must be worn alowing the bolt to get bent before shearing. I have to dress the sides a little. I bought a new "Vermount Americam" solid hex die. It wouldn't take a new screw without trying to cut. Seems a split die is the only way to approach a previously threaded screw and trying to extend threads and so on.
I asked about a heavey type tool like it was made for shearing screws, but they only had the sheat metal wire stripping and crimping pliers.