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Baroque Bloke |
Thanks to a post in What's Your Deal, I was made aware of Knipex pliers. And I'm now the proud owner of a 6" Knipex pliers wrench. This tool serves the function of an adjustable crescent wrench, but is better – zero free play. Also serves as an ordinary pliers with very high mechanical advantage. This German-made tool is excellent in all respects. Box joint design. Always parallel jaws. Top notch material and construction. www.amazon.com/KNIPEX-86-03-150-Pliers/dp/B005EXOJZK Knipex makes other kinds of pliers too, with a range of sizes. Look for "Knipex pliers" on Amazon. Serious about crackers | ||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
These look really cool. _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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Now you need to add some Knipex Cobra pliers.  They're basically the same as the Pliers Wrench, but they have very sharp channel-lock wrench-type teeth that are angled to self-lock on things that don't have good wrench flats (you can grab a horizontal pipe with them, then let go of them and stand on the handles and they won't slip). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr2mnj3IyQ4 | |||
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At one time Sears sold Knipex pliers for a reasonable price. (German currency was mark) I still have a 74-01-180. Wish I had bought a full set of Knipex tools. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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I keep a full set of "plier wrenches" by knipex in my box, and have had them for over 20 years. I use them a lot on soft aluminum AN hydraulic fittings, and on british aircraft witworth fittings. Very handy. Knipex makes a line of tools, each of which are excellent quality. | |||
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I have two pairs, small and large. They are particularly useful for assembling AR-15 lowers. I use them to press in the roll pins for the trigger guard, forward assist and bolt catch. | |||
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Bought some "Cobras" because my dad used them for years as an electrician. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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Yep, Knipex is good stuff... Needle nose (also sold under MAC) and the Cobra pliers. I like the ones with the push button. Like the ones in this link. https://www.tooltopia.com/knip...TmGRrcxoCbGAQAvD_BwE The ones in your link can be adjusted to be used as a ratcheting plier. Open enough to slip over the high spot, then close to grab for the next turn (time saving). | |||
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Pipe Smoker, I have those Knipex pliers too. I like that the jaws are not serrated. BTW Lowes carries Knipex in the electrical department. I learned all this on SigForum too. Expensive guns Expensive knives Expensive thermometers Expensive pliers.... _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
$45 for a fancy set of Channellocks?  I have the ability to piss away money with the best of them, but when the set of Channellocks I bought in the mid-80s for around $8 still work as good as when they were new, I'll pass. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Box joints are the shiznitz. Knipex I reach for with Channellocks a long shot second choice. They work much better. Try a pair. | |||
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I bought the 7", 10", and 12" set for my birthday. I seem to come across projects where these are a better solution than the tools I have. I had been using Channel Locks or an adjustable wrench on things like plumbing fixtures, bicycle headsets, axle nuts, etc. The latest one I came across was the axle nuts on our 5th wheel, they are larger than 1 1/8" which is the largest wrench and socket I have. Even my largest adjustable wrench wouldn't fit. The advantage of the Knipex is twofold. First, they won't shred the fitting like the serations on a Channel Locks will. Second, they clamp down on the fitting unlike an adjustable wrench or an open end wrench so there's less chance of rounding the corners or maring the finish on the corners on plated, painted, or anodized fittings. I wouldn't have known about them if it hadn't been for a "Who do we like for pliers" thread here. | |||
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Even the little ones open impressively wide (I have some of the "normal" sized ones, but also a little 5" pair in my work bag)... but if you ever need a real he-man pair of pliers, Knipex makes a 22" version that will grip a 4.5" pipe. I have absolutely no need for a pair of pliers that big but I kind of want them anyway.  The Pliers Wrench only goes up to a measly 16" with 3.375" jaw opening. | |||
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The Knipex pliers have better jaws with better teeth (on the Cobras - the Pliers Wrenches have smooth jaws), grab better, adjust more easily and in smaller increments, the handles won't close all the way no matter how the jaw is adjusted so you can't pinch fingers, and keep the jaws parallel. They really are just a better tool. | |||
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Not even in the same hemisphere. Channel locks work for a piece of pipe. For anything with flats, a nut, fastener, or faceted edge, anything with teeth will do damage and does not have a fraction of the gripping or contact surface that a wrench will. The knipex plier-wrench offers variable opening, compression, and can grip, unlike a wrench. Entirely different tool than channel locks and does not compare. Additionally, the knipex have finer adjustments with better leverage, and will not damage fittings. | |||
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Knipex and Wiha -- two great German tool makers found in my tool boxes. As it goes, Knipex customer service is very good too. I've had some broken retaining ring pliers show up on my desk -- I made a call to Knipex to confirm the stock number, and complimentary replacements were on their way most quick-like.
Dangit, man! You're going to have me buying another set of pliers!  God bless America. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
Meh... If I need anything more than the Channellocks or a wrench, I'll grab my Vise-Grips. I think I paid around $5 for them. You know, if you want to spend the money on these and think they are the bees knees, that's great. Me? No thanks. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Vise-grips certainly have their place, but anywhere you can't spin the pliers the full 360 degrees around the thing you're gripping, vise-grips are a huge pain in the ass. Plus, like channel-locks, vise-grips will mark up exposed fasteners they are used on. | |||
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I didn't know about these, I'm gonna order some. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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