I did a quick search and found this seemed to be the cheapest source of the pliers mentioned. They also carry those cool "california dusters" at a good price too! I ordered both! http://www.jbtoolsales.com/channellock-738-needle-nose-l-reach-plier-8/ Ryan Sowers On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote: > Ron N said: "To whom, > Recently, I mentioned finding my favorite pliers in a piano a couple of > years after losing them. For those who haven't yet discovered chain nose > pliers, I thought I'd post a couple of photos. The big Channellocks are > the ones I carry, though the small pair would do as well. Not that long > ago, I finally figured out that a notch in the jaw shown in the closeup > would make them a lot easier to use. Duh. Makes hitting the hole with > the becket way easier. Duh.......... The best tool I ever found for > applying brute force to small objects in close quarters. With this tool, > a side cutter, and a small Vise-Grip for tying knots, I can do pretty > much anything I need to do with music wire in the field. > > I've never found a use for round nose pliers (or never found a pair that > was usable), and needle nose are too springy and insubstantial out on > the end of the jaws where you need them strong. Chain nose is the cure, > at least in my tool box. > > Just in case it might be useful to someone." > > Ron, > Thanks for the tool use update. I've known of those pliers, but didn't > realize their utility. I will defineately check them out...(i.e. get a pair > for my use..gotta keep up the image.<G>). Hopefully, I'll find a good OLDE > pair at a garage sale or ?? Another 'silver bullet' for the Gorilla Kit. > (That thing will require a crane at this rate.<G>) > Best, > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121007/06ee0ac5/attachment.htm>
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