Bolt cutters

A few days after I started this project I was able to find some bolt cutters.  They are small 8-inch bolt cutters.

These bolt cutters cut the wire very well.  But there are a few things that I don't like about them, first I can only cut two rings at a time.  And second, because of the taper on the cutters, it does not make a flat straight cut.  It gives one edge of the ring more of a crimped cut.  I have heard that this is pretty common when using wire cutters, and that the only way to get a straight cut is to use a saw of some sort.  So for now, these will do.  Let the cutting begin...