Cutting jig for reworking head suspsension

A cutting jig used to cut a bonding material during a method of reworking a head suspension that includes a magnetic head, a slider on which the magnetic head is arranged having a first side and a second side in a longitudinal direction thereof, a flexure having a tongue resiliently supporting the slider, wiring formed on the flexure, and a terminal joint where an electric terminal of the slider and an electric terminal of the wiring are joined together with a bonding material, the method comprising steps of pressing a blade to the bonding material from the first side toward the second side in the longitudinal direction of the slider, and stopping the second side of the slider with a holding mechanism in the longitudinal direction, thereby forcing the blade to bite and cut the bonding material to remove the slider from the flexure, the cutting jig comprising:

• a cutting mechanism configured to press a blade to the bonding material from the first side toward the second side in the longitudinal direction of the slider;
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• a holding mechanism stopping the second side of the slider in the longitudinal direction when the blade is pressed to the bonding material.