Show Me Your Pliers

[CornishPete]

Each to their own and all that but I find if I have a few of something then I never know where one of them is when I need it, whereas if I have just one then I always know where it is!

 

[daleyd]

Plus a bahco set (combination, long nose, side cutters and slip joint), FACOM bootlace crimpers, 2 x wire strippers and another set of ratchet crimpers in my work tool bag. Oh and 3 more pairs of mole grips clipped under the bench I forgot about!!

 

[daleyd]

Work selection (apart from crimpers they don't get much use as you can probably tell )

The pressmaster strippers are very good - use them a lot doing panel wiring type stuff and I really like them!)

 

[penfold]

I like the TV infront of the lathe

A recipe for crashing the tool into the chuck more like.

 

[gordon stephenson]

I dont do multi-tasking,Watching TV and turning at the same time.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Does anyone else find no matter how may of something you have, the one you need is either at home, in the workshop or on site.
I try to double or treble up on basics but it things like cir-clip pliers or bearing pullers that are always anywhere apart from where you need them.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Drawer one.



Drawer 2.

That's not counting the pliers in the tool bags in the van, the ones in the get me out of trouble tool box in the van.

The one in the "Go to help" friends in those 3 tools box's.
The ones in my big play pen, in Liverpool, Hastings, in the loft as to good to throw out, but don't use.



That's the crimping pliers drawer, again theses are home use. I have duplicate all over.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@daleyd

I see you have a decent set of "Boot Lace" crimpers, I have 3 sets, all Facum. Expensive. But worth the money.
The older set can, but just do the " double flair" Boot lace for holding two cables. But the newer ones , 10 years old now, do them very well.

 

[Seadog]

I try to double or treble up on basics but it things like cir-clip pliers or bearing pullers that are always anywhere apart from where you need them.

It applies to every tool, in my experience. Whatever you need is always somewhere else. You can't carry a whole workshop into a job can you?

 

[roofman]

these are my day to day stuff and i have about half again in the form of wire cutters/crimpers ect

 

[daleyd]

@daleyd

I see you have a decent set of "Boot Lace" crimpers, I have 3 sets, all Facum. Expensive. But worth the money.
The older set can, but just do the " double flair" Boot lace for holding two cables. But the newer ones , 10 years old now, do them very well.

Yes mate, I like the facom set but if I fancy splurging some company cash I may get a set like these

https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/crimp-tools/0464482/

as my ones aren't great at the smaller crimps (I've been doing a bit using cat5 cable as 485 comms cable recently and using the white bootlace crimps the facom ones leave them a bit loose)

 

[Paul.]

Yes mate, I like the facom set but if I fancy splurging some company cash I may get a set like these

https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/crimp-tools/0464482/

as my ones aren't great at the smaller crimps (I've been doing a bit using cat5 cable as 485 comms cable recently and using the white bootlace crimps the facom ones leave them a bit loose)

I've got a set of those, you can see them in my pic above, they are very good especially for the smaller ends, they put a serrated crimp on, I've never had one come loose.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

as my ones aren't great at the smaller crimps (I've been doing a bit using cat5 cable as 485 comms cable recently and using the white bootlace crimps the facom ones leave them a bit loose)

Odd mine don't. I have to "boot" the data and phone cables for the alarms.
Did you get the "Go, No Go" gauge. Do they still do it?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yes mate, I like the facom set but if I fancy splurging some company cash I may get a set like these

https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/crimp-tools/0464482/

I never got on with them, the company tool box has them.
But each to their own.

 

[daleyd]

I've got a set of those, you can see them in my pic above, they are very good especially for the smaller ends, they put a serrated crimp on, I've never had one come loose.

The ones I've got are great for more "normal" size cables it's only that I've been using tiny cores in crimps that are just a tad too big, but I do like those type you have.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

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Drawer one.

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Drawer 2.

That's not counting the pliers in the tool bags in the van, the ones in the get me out of trouble tool box in the van.

The one in the "Go to help" friends in those 3 tools box's.
The ones in my big play pen, in Liverpool, Hastings, in the loft as to good to throw out, but don't use.

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That's the crimping pliers drawer, again theses are home use. I have duplicate all over.

Do I spy a trip hazard [or two]? Surely not.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Do I spy a trip hazard [or two]? Surely not.

Unless you are tap dancing on the work bench No.

Tap dancing, walking or breaking in and finding the floor to trip over something, then, yes.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

But to show I do have a floor, there is a clean bit of it.

 

[Robotstar5]

Yes mate, I like the facom set but if I fancy splurging some company cash I may get a set like these

https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/crimp-tools/0464482/

as my ones aren't great at the smaller crimps (I've been doing a bit using cat5 cable as 485 comms cable recently and using the white bootlace crimps the facom ones leave them a bit loose)

I've been using these for panel building for years, only problem is they won't do 0.25 & 0.34 ferrules, but got a cheap pair to do those.

 

[God mode restorations]

Some of you guys just have to much stuff...