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  1. Codejack

    Pliers?

    I found them! I just can't get them into this country without paying through the nose for shipping. (Toptul) Or, if I could find the stupid @$!#ing Stanley Fatmax pliers! Lowe's has everything in the world in that line, except pliers. Amazon has them, but the reviews say they aren't the right ones. Stanley's own website says that there are no retailers who have them. It's like some kind of twisted plot....
  2. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Any experience with ATD? https://www.toolsource.com/sets-c-194_238_787/7pc-plier-set-p-169379.html?tsqtid=
  3. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Yea, that would prevent me from using their stuff as my main tools, but I'm looking at the zero offset box end wrenches, which I really only need in metric. I've been desperately searching for other sources of pliers; I was on Matco's website... and they have rebranded Channellocks at 5 times the price.
  4. Codejack

    Pliers?

    OK, Schmidt got back to me. He says that he's about to stop importing Toptul because no one is buying them. If anyone else is interested, he can get a box, but they come 6 or 10 in a package.
  5. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Very nice! No pliers on there right now; I'll drop him a note. I've been looking for some zero-offset wrenches... https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOPTUL-GPAP0602-Flat-Type-Extra-Long-Metric-Double-Ring-Wrench-Set/112627500435?hash=item1a391f4593:g:7H4AAOSwdzVXsLxa
  6. Codejack

    Pliers?

    That's exactly what I need... but $35! I actually found some that I really like from Toptul, but the tools are ~$15 and the shipping is $30... each. You know, the Tektons were what I was looking at in the first place when the reddit tool forum guys turned me off of them and told me to go buy the Channellocks... I think that I will try to sell the CLs, buy the Tektons for now and save up for some NWS Irwins...
  7. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Ok, I went and looked at the NWS Irwins, and I'm not wild about them. 6" straight cutters or 8" angled... and I want 8" straight. Crosshatch pattern on the needlenose; I don't know what that is supposed to be good for, but it's not what I do. And no slip-joint pliers, at all. Those are the 3 that I really need, too. The regular Irwins are China, not even Taiwan. I looked at the Husky set at home depot, and if those are the same as Gearwrench, I don't want them, either. Neither Lowe's nor HD carried the good Stanley pliers (Fatmax/professional/ maxsteel), although they had Fatmax everything else.
  8. Codejack

    Pliers?

    That might be it, but this was 20 years ago; I have no idea which ones they were
  9. Codejack

    Pliers?

    I might grab the NWS cutters and the Taiwan knock-off needlenose and slip joint; I don't abuse them nearly so badly
  10. Codejack

    Pliers?

    You know, I notice right away the difference between those and the Channellocks that I bought; the finish is good, the teeth are straight and go all the way to the end of the jaw (the CLs have a ~3mm flat area at the end, no wonder they don't grip!), and they are just... leaner. Less wasted metal. They are expensive and don't have the grips that I like; I'll go buy NWS-sourced Irwin if that's the route I really have to take. How are the high end Taiwan units?
  11. Codejack

    Pliers?

    I've been using Stanley pliers and Irwin vise-grips for the last 15 years or so, both of which have been good, but I can't find the high end Stanleys, and the Irwins are one of the sets I linked to. My current set is small (size), small (few), old and rusty. I think that a lot of people who use Kleins use them almost exclusively on soft copper and braided steel wire, and less hardened steel, tubing, etc, Klein being best known in the electrical trade (although even when I was apprentice electrician, I switched to Greenlee almost immediately). I have to cut through spring-style hose clamps fairly often, and that chews soft cutters up in a hurry.
  12. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Auto repair, some construction/electrical; electronics on the side.
  13. Codejack

    Pliers?

    The edges dull really fast.
  14. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Excellent; do they work well? The cutters, especially, I am worried about, since they will dull quickly if they aren't hardened properly.
  15. Codejack

    Pliers?

    I've looked at those, but... 1. Expensive! 2. Short normal cutters or long pivot cutters (they don't open as wide), neither of which I want. 3. No slip-joint (my favorite tool for hose clamps) or tongue-and-groove, at all.
  16. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Klein has those same thin grips; I have big hands and I get cramps using them. Also, I have not have good luck with Klein, quality-wise.
  17. Codejack

    Pliers?

    Two words: Too much! $110 for 4 pliers? Also, I don't like their grips.
  18. Codejack

    Pliers?

    I've been needing some new/more pliers, and I got talked into buying a Channellock set; I already had some that I didn't like, but I got a lot of grief for not liking them, and so many people insisted that the new ones were better that I decided to give them a try. Long story short: I hate them. I don't think that they work very well, the finish is poor, the fit is off, and the grips are terrible. I need some new pliers. I am considering these: https://www.amazon.com/GearWrench-82108-Standard-Pliers-Master/dp/B0014ZXY80/ref=pd_sim_469_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0014ZXY80&pd_rd_r=ZWSCHNBPVP6HKRP5VDPT&pd_rd_w=jcJNO&pd_rd_wg=PGJFR&psc=1&refRID=ZWSCHNBPVP6HKRP5VDPT https://www.amazon.com/Tools-VISE-GRIP-GrooveLock-Locking-1802537/dp/B0062Y59RW/ref=pd_sim_469_61?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=P37KA452AYB82H1PQ5AF I have some old Irwins that I love, but the new ones are supposedly not as good; on the other hand, the same people who told me that told me that Channellocks were good, so.... Anyone have any experience with newer Irwin or Gearwrench pliers?
  19. 1995 Mazda MX-6! Currently at 225,000 miles, still uses 5W-30. Timing belt is coming up, again
  20. Hey! I'm doing freelance work and flipping cars. Last week was a timing belt on a Honda and replacing shocks on an Explorer. This week looks like a head gasket on a Maxima. I've got a Miata I've got to sell to get money for my next flip, but it took too long to get fixed up; I missed summer I'm trying to get on with a regular shop, since there are so many vacancies, but without any verifiable experience since I was a battery & lube tech back in the 20th century... My tools? I don't have pictures of my tap & die set, electric impact, angle grinder, sanders, etc; pretty much just the hand tools, and a solid 80% of it is Harbor Freight:
  21. Yea, it's already too small; I don't have room for my Dremel, tap & die set or angle grinder, and my entire socket set is in another 3-drawer box. Plus I still need a bunch of big stuff: Bearing kit, compression tester, radiator pressure tester, brake caliper wind-back kit, slide hammer, etc. I've got to make some money before I spend too much more money, though
  22. > If I was looking to replace bars on a chest I'd probably search for replacements, post somewhere about finding them for the specific chest, and if I can't find them try to make my own Yea, I was just surprised because I did search and didn't see anything. I was actually tempted to make a video of it
  23. I just thought that it was weird that I literally could not find any information on the subject; surely I'm not the first person to lose the lock bars to a chest, has everyone else just thrown the entire box away? Or is the solution just so obvious that no one else has ever asked?
  24. OK, well, in case anyone is curious, I went and bought a 3' length of metal bar stock, cut it to length, bent an elbow in the long piece and ground a notch out of it. It's ugly (maybe I'll paint them), but it works.
  25. Sorry if you've seen this elsewhere, but I haven't found any help, yet. I had to leave my tools with my brother for several years, and when I got them back, lots of stuff was missing, of course, including the lock bars. Now, I have replaced all the tools, but I'm not sure what to do about the lock bars, and I am applying to service jobs so I need to be able to lock up my tools Does anyone know where I can find replacements, or what kind of bar stock I should get to cut and bend to fit? Here's the box (plus some tool porn ) And here's the tool porn; look at all my crap tools! If you're curious, I have a completely separate box with sockets and plain combination wrenches.
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