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The lower jaw can be moved to a number of positions by sliding along a tracking section under the upper jaw. An advantage of this design is that the pliers can adjust to a number of sizes without the distance in the handle growing wider. These pliers often have long handles—commonly 240 to 300 mm (9.5 to 12 inches) long—for increased leverage.
Slip joint pliers are pliers whose pivot point or fulcrum can be moved to increase the size range of their jaws. Most slip joint pliers use a mechanism that allows sliding the pivot point into one of several positions when the pliers are fully opened. Jaws can be thick, thin, regular and multiple.
A blacksmith using pliers Slip joint pliers Cutting wire with diagonal pliers/side cutters. Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. [1] They are also useful for bending and physically compressing a wide range of materials.
In 1933, Chief Engineer Howard Manning developed the tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers for which the company is known. In 1934, a patent for this design [5] was granted, and in 1949, a trademark for the name "Channellock" was granted, with a first-use date of May 1, 1932. [6]
Slip joint pliers; T. Tongue-and-groove pliers This page was last edited on 2 April 2013, at 01:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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Lineman's pliers sometimes include an integrated crimping device in the craw of the handle side of the pliers' joint. Lineman's pliers have a tapered nose suitable for reaming the rough edge of a 1 ⁄ 2 -inch (13 mm) or larger conduit , or cleaning sharp metal from the inside of a standard metal knockout in an electrical enclosure such as a ...
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