Best method snap off kitchen handle screws to length?

[anit999]

I have bought some handles for a new kitchen and they have come with "snap off" screws. What is the most effective method to snap the screws to length? I have tried using plyers but this seems to damage the thread.

 

[Monkeh]

Use 'electrical pliers'.

 

[JohnD]

you are meant to nip them through at one of the "waist"

if it is too jagged, you can clean it up with a file. Try not to cut or file on a threaded part

 

[Burnerman]

If you can't manage the plier squeeze, grab the unwanted threads in a vice or grips, and use a junior hacksaw to cut through at the waist.
John

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Yep, vice(or something that will hold them steady) and hack saw, if you nip them of with snips, they fly all over the place.
It's best to cut them at a convenient spot on the blank bands, this will prevent damaging the thread.

 

[Johnmelad502]

Hacksaw halfway through and then snap off with pliers.

 

[ladylola]

The way I do it for what it's worth.

Hacksaw held between my waist and something solid like a door frame and holding the scew at both ends move it up and down the blade.

 

[JohnD]

you have a waist?

 

[ladylola]

Found it one day whilist bored. Sort of just sits there below my chest and above my unmentionables.

 

[TicklyT]

Run a nut onto the bolt before you cut it, and it will help straighten any mangled threads on the cut end when you remove it afterwards.