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End cutting pliers

| Posted in Tools for Home Building on February 25, 2003 07:27am

So that now I am wearing a tool belt, and actually getting paid a little for doing some work while wearing it, I’m seeing all my comrades carrying and using a pair of end cutting pliers.  Handy for pulling nails, cutting nails, screws, anything hard.  Any recommendations on a brand or size would be appreciated. 

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  1. User avater
    JeffBuck | Feb 25, 2003 08:02am | #1

    I got 2 pair of nippers...

    red handled and blue handles...

    red are way more comfortable.....

    one's Cressant..and I can't remember which is which!

    If ya go and got a choice between red and blue......go blood.

    Think the red may be Channel of channel lock fame.

    Hope you are talking end nippers as opposed to side cutters...

    the end nippers are much more useful in remodeling....latch on and roll the old or headless nail right out...among other uses.

    Jeff

    Buck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

     Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite                  

    1. RichMast | Feb 26, 2003 03:52am | #7

      Usually the blue handles are Channellock, at least all the other channellock pliers I have are that color, and the red are Cooper (Crescent is one of their brands), i have one of their adjusable wrenches.  Of course, I don't know for sure what you have;  mine are green handled Diamond brand.

      Hope this helps.  Rich.

  2. Mooney | Feb 25, 2003 01:27pm | #2

    Ive got two also but its been too long to remember what brand they are .  They only come in 6 inch that Im aware of and you can look who made them and figgure if you want to use them.

    Tim Mooney

  3. MisterT | Feb 25, 2003 01:49pm | #3

    I have had my pair for 20 years, got them from Garret Wade they are 10" long and have a assymetrical jaws to make pulling nails easier.

    Red Handles, Made in Germany, I will cry when I lose them!

    T

    Do not try this at home!

    I am a trained professional!

  4. butch | Feb 25, 2003 02:33pm | #4

    Get the CRAFTSMAN.  Lifetime guarantee, I prefer the diagonal cutters as they fit in my pouch better.

  5. xraypower | Feb 25, 2003 05:45pm | #5

    Mine are made by Diamond about 12''  use them all the time.

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    JDRHI | Feb 25, 2003 09:28pm | #6

    Ive got a pair of Channel-lock end nippers that I`ve used daily for about twenty years.

    J. D. Reynolds

    Home Improvements

    "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

  7. rez | Feb 26, 2003 07:39pm | #8

    Yep, a well used valuable tool. Go ahead and spend the bucks on this one. Cheap ones will nick on you. Mine are both ancient and tuff quality metal. Craftsman return policy bears looking into on this purchase.

    Thay's the tool if it comes up missing I drop what I'm doing until I find it. And I too would cry if it got lost.

     

     



    Edited 2/26/2003 11:42:09 AM ET by rez

  8. cityhix | Mar 01, 2003 08:05pm | #9

    Caution trying to cut hardened screws (Deckmate, etc) with your end nippers.  The screw will win and you will be left with ugly little divots on the cutting edges.

    1. rez | Mar 01, 2003 08:07pm | #10

      Roar!

      And they'll look as pretty as your expensive wire cutter's from that time somehow the juice wasn't turned off. Definitely not a roar.

       

       

      Edited 3/1/2003 12:09:31 PM ET by rez

      1. CAGIV | Mar 03, 2003 01:25am | #16

        And they'll look as pretty as your expensive wire cutter's from that time somehow the juice wasn't turned off. Definitely not a roar

        Had that happen two weeks ago to a pair of 30 dollar linesmen ... Scared the bejesus out of me and ruined a great tool to boot :(View ImageGo Jayhawks

        1. rez | Mar 03, 2003 05:01am | #17

          ...and from now on you'll always be double checking. ROAR!

           

           

    2. Mooney | Mar 01, 2003 11:16pm | #11

      I use a 4 inch makita with a cutting wheel for that . Much better tool for cutting. Its also an old standby in the tool box. It started with toilet bolts and has progressed to cleaning  lumber and sharpening tools . I would rather cut the nail off at the back then pull the nail taking a chance of messing the wood up. Also cuts flush unlike the nippers.

      Tim Mooney

      Edited 3/1/2003 3:21:46 PM ET by Tim Mooney

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        Gunner | Mar 02, 2003 03:49am | #12

        You pack that around in your toolbelt? Plugged in and ready to go all the time?  ;)

        1. rez | Mar 02, 2003 03:52am | #13

          Must be one of those new fangled battery powered units.

          Hey, that's one battery tool I have yet to see. PorterCable must be slipping. Bet it'd have a battery life of like 3 minutes.

           

           

          1. MarkH128 | Mar 02, 2003 06:16am | #14

            How about a Binford nitro-methane glo-plug engine powered angle grinder? With a little recoil starter, 12,000 rpms!!! Yeah Baby!

          2. User avater
            bobl | Mar 02, 2003 07:14pm | #15

            that Binford stuff is the cat's meow.  best tools ever!bobl          Volo Non Voleo      Joe's BT Forum cheat sheet

  9. toolnut | Mar 16, 2003 06:40am | #18

    after reading this thread a couple of weeks ago I thought..what, a tool I didn't have?

    Saw a pair of Channel Lock brand and jumped on it. 

    Replaced a washer box and drain line the other day so I ripped off the drywall.  I have never been so  pleased with the performance of a tool, especially when I bought it I did not have a specific project in mind.  

    Very useful tool.

    Bill

  10. Turtleneck | Mar 16, 2003 09:12am | #19

    KleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKleinKlein, Everytime. Tools your grandkids will pass on to their grandkids.

    http://www.kleintools.com/index.html

     Turtleneck

    The only difference between a rut and a grave is depth

    edited for hyperlink



    Edited 3/16/2003 2:26:16 AM ET by Turtleneck

    1. benraymond | Mar 30, 2003 01:02am | #20

      Gotta agree with Klein.  Begrudgingly parted with $ for my linesman's pliers.  Best set I've ever owned.  Now have to part with more $$ to replace my stripper and others.

      1. Turtleneck | Mar 30, 2003 06:28am | #21

        Aye Ben, gotta love them Kleins Turtleneck

        Its not a smile- its a cramp

        1. MisterT | Mar 30, 2003 04:40pm | #22

          These are what I use

          http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=32024&category=1,43456,43400&abspage=1&ccurrency=2&SID=

          I would hate to lose them!Mr T

          Do not try this at home!

          I am an Experienced Professional!

          1. Turtleneck | Mar 31, 2003 06:33am | #23

            I remember calling them piano wire pliers and they were the cutters of choice back when we hand nailed trim. Now I use a pointed set of cutters that will nip off a side blown brad just below the surface. A set of cutters that will cut just as well at the very tip as they do deep down. Those cutters are Kleins. Turtleneck

            Its not a smile- its a cramp

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