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A historic version of the Vise-Grip brand locking pliers. Locking pliers (also called Vise-Grips, Mole wrench or Mole grips) are pliers that can be locked into position, using an "over-center" cam action. Locking pliers are available with many different jaw styles, such as needle-nose pliers, wrenches, clamps and various shapes to fix metal ...
Irwin was founded in 1885 in Martinsville, Ohio as the Irwin Auger Bit Company by Charles Irwin, a pharmacist. Irwin had bought the rights to a solid-center auger bit from a local blacksmith. [3] In 1924, another blacksmith, Danish immigrant William Petersen of DeWitt, Nebraska, invented the first locking pliers [4] and named them Vise-Grips. [5]
Lineman's pliers are used in the electrical trade to cut, straighten, and bend wire, and also to twist wires together when making splices. Lineman's can be used to strip wire and some types of cable, although wire strippers are more commonly used for this purpose as they can strip wire more quickly without damaging the conductors themselves.
A laser wire stripper is a computer-controlled machine, much like a CNC router, which uses a laser to burn off the insulation of the wire. Laser wire stripping machines are used mostly for very fine gauge wires since they do not damage the conductor. A typical CO 2 laser wire stripping machine should be capable of stripping the insulation from ...
Some pliers for electrical work are fitted with wire-cutter blades either built into the jaws or on the handles just below the pivot. Where it is necessary to avoid scratching or damaging the workpiece, as for example in jewellery and musical instrument repair , pliers with a layer of softer material such as aluminium , brass , or plastic over ...
Rigging vise, otherwise known as a triangle vise or splicing vise, which has three jaws. Used to close thimbles and splice rope, cable, and wire rope. Mantle Vise, [8] more recently referred to as a Fractal Vise, used to hold workpieces with complex forms; Adaptive jaw vise, uses ball bearings to adapt the shape of the jaws to the workpiece [9 ...
Prince William made a surprise appearance at the Steve Irwin Gala in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 11. Although he wasn’t physically in attendance at the event, the Prince of Wales, 41, delivered a ...
A tube stripper is a medical tool used for removing air or liquid from rubber tubes, such as those used for infusion. Its design is similar to a pair of pliers , but with rollers on the jaws. It is squeezed against a tube and then pulled along the length of the tube to push the tube contents along, similar to the mechanism of a peristaltic pump .