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Anyone use these for armour construction? I see em on EBay all the time. They look like regular pliers but act like vice grips. I have a couple pairs that I lent out to my brother in law and he uses them for fender work on Peterbilts.

any pics or links, sounds interesting...

Ah, Vice Grips. Yep, they're quite useful. I use them for holding anything I'm dishing, holding pieces while fitting them, and a million other uses. We have 4 sets of the things, each different sizes, and they always get used. Wouldn't hurt to have 4 more, I suppose.

I use them to hold on the brass while the finish the edge (prior to riveting it on).

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Clay:
Ah, Vice Grips. Yep, they're quite useful. I use them for holding anything I'm dishing, holding pieces while fitting them, and a million other uses. We have 4 sets of the things, each different sizes, and they always get used. Wouldn't hurt to have 4 more, I suppose.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Leave it to the Californian to make ME look blonde... I have & use vise-grips and robo-grips... never thought of calling them locking pliers, guess that explains more than I should admit in public .

[q]They look like regular pliers but act like vice grips. [/q]
wouldnt that mean he isnt talking about vice grips?

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A quick search on eBay turns up several things that ARE vice grips, several things that say they're 'like' vice grips and look identical (is 'vice grip' a trademark, perhaps?), and a few things with handles like vice grips but different and interestingly shaped jaws (such as these).

Vise-Grip is the trademark name for the locking pliers made by the American Tool Companies,Inc.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nim:
<B>A quick search on eBay turns up several things that ARE vice grips, several things that say they're 'like' vice grips and look identical (is 'vice grip' a trademark, perhaps?), and a few things with handles like vice grips but different and interestingly shaped jaws (such as <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?
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Those are just welders vise grips. I've used them from time to time. The different jaws are just to hold different applications, mainly to the table.

Well I was going to scan the tool in question and post it. I asked my bro in law to let me have 'em back two days ago and when I reminded him again today he said "OH you meant *this* week?". Sighhhhhhhhh

On the up side, my brother in law is the proud owner of a plasma cutter so he's not all bad.

Anyway I'll get the tools back and get some pix.

Ahh, a plasma cutter...*sigh*...I used to be able to use the one at the ag shop at school, but my last day of high school was yesterday, so I cant use it anymore. I made is a mission to cut out as many patterns of stuff as I could the last two weeks of school. I think I brought about five full sheets of steel in my truck and have got a big plastic crate full of parts that I need to make. It will give me something to do over the summer and save me some money from having to buy jug saw blades. Man, I dread having to bring out that jig saw again...

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Dude, you could always keep on the teachers good side and offer to come in and help out once or so a week in exchange for use of the shop...

Found 'em! They're called rivet toggle clamps. For the life of me I could not remember what the heck they were called until this morning. I'll post pix tonight.

Pass me the silly stick. I need to smack myself.

Got the pic of the tool in question. Can someone host it for me and post the link.

Regards,

Raibeart

email it to royldragon@yahoo.com

Thanks Dragon, but for some reason that link doesn't work. I finally got off my dead butt and coded a quick page myself here:

http://home1.gte.net/res031er/tools.htm

Anyway this is what I was talking about. My initial description was inaccurate. The toggle clamps are more like a cross between vice grips and a C clamp. This is the most common type I've seen. There are ones with deeper throats and various angles.

I use em to hold my steel to the leather when I'm measuring, marking and drilling for a proper fit.

A gent on EBay has a crud load of toggle clamps for sale for a $1.75 each if anyone is interested.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1600518198