Treasures!
I have been cleaning out my storage units and finding treasures! I will keep updating more as I find them but here’s one I didn’t even remember!
Montpelier Vt
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Used to have a few of those but they got lost/stolen over the years.
Downfall was jaws were not replaceable when they got dull, and they have less jaw opening capacity than a Ridgid.
But they are cool, and they work.
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I have sears dunlop banded one like that. I suspect someone could re-grind the teeth. I wonder how they were cut in the factor. Probably with a mill.
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My Dad had one of those. I think my brother still has it.
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a small triangle file can touch up dull jaws
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream
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yeah i thought of that, but leveling them first would do better and that would be a lot to do with a file. Is there a foley bellsaw pipe wrench jaw sharpener?
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Hi, I've had some old tools so hard that the file simply slipped on them. Really good steel! These days I use a Dremel tool with a small grind stone in it. It's nice to feel how well a once-dull tool grabs the pipe after sharpening!
Yours, Larry
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I have a similar one in my ID picture on this site. It's one of four? that my late father used. I'm still using them today and they are about one hundred years old.
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The up side is a small cheater can be used.
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On 2' Ridgid I use a 1 1/2" piece of electrical EMT. You hammer 1 end of it oval to fit over the Ridgid handle. When you push it on it locks to the wrench handle and comes off with a hammer tap easily. The EMT is a lot lighter than pipe and is easier to handle when you're on a ladder struggling with a wrench and cheater. And the EMT is very difficult to bend.
I used to make one out of 2" emt and 1 out of 1 1/2" emt 2' long and store 1 inside the other in the truck.
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I used a Dremel to recut the teeth on mine. First I used an abrasive cutting wheel to deepen the notch at the bottom of each tooth. I then used a sandpaper drum to grind down the face of the tooth.
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The stuff I have isn't super old, just some cool older things, I will keep adding to the thread as I dig it out.
Tom
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I get a bit of nostalgia and like to use my Great Grandfather’s pliers, post WWII, mfg in the British zone of occupied Germany.
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Hi @akjim , Interesting you show those pliers. I was just using these today. 😊 Yours don't look so abused. 😏
Yours, Larry
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Isn't it amazing that the paint on these has lasted all these years?
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Why are there waffle head hammer marks on them?
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Lineman pliers are often used to apply hammering to the nail for wall boxes when there is only maybe 3" between studs.
Pliers against the nail and hammer on the center of the pliers.
I have plenty of pliers that have been abused as such.
But do not hammer on the pivot side of the rivet or it may jam up the pivot action……I have a few of them also.
Note: as for the paint….shows the durability of lead paint….don't chew on them.
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Hi @mattmia2 , I promise you I got them that way. It's not my style to do stuff like that to my tools. One jaw is a bit crooked, so you know these pliers got wailed on 🙈
Yours, Larry
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