Different Swisstool plier heads , the truth

[Anthony]

...so we are being watched...

Great thread BTW...I don't even own a SwissTool and I find this interesting ;D

[Dunc]

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Great thread BTW...I don't even own a SwissTool and I find this interesting ;D

           you know you want one  ;D

Dunc

[Anthony]

I've had a Spirit for a few days (haven't used it yet though), and it's niiiice

There's a few other items I want before I look into getting a full size SwissTool..

[tomcrx]

Great post. Thanks for the info. I wonder why other tool manufacturers haven't gone that route?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I did a crude drawing of how the forces apply to the plier jaws. You can see that when the "top" jaw is on the "left" the forces squeeze the jaw arms together on the counter-clockwise motion. Of course, the preferred approach is to use the pliers as a wrench, in which case the arrangement of the jaws does not matter...
Alexei

Thank's for the diagram, that clears things up nicely

[Grant Lamontagne]

...so we are  being watched...

I told you guys that manufacturers had their eyes on us... maybe now you'll listen!

Def

[NeitherExtreme]

I did a crude drawing of how the forces apply to the plier jaws. You can see that when the "top" jaw is on the "left" the forces squeeze the jaw arms together on the counter-clockwise motion. Of course, the preferred approach is to use the pliers as a wrench, in which case the arrangement of the jaws does not matter...
Alexei

Thanks for the picture. I was picturing the pliars parallel to the bolt head, not perpendicular. Makes more sense now

[cryptrick]

Great post dunc. Very interesting to see the pictures of all the different plier heads.

Sounds like Victorinox are damn good when it comes to customer services. I've never had to use them as I haven't had one break but it gives you a lot of confidence to know what they're like 

[J-sews]

I did a crude drawing of how the forces apply to the plier jaws. You can see that when the "top" jaw is on the "left" the forces squeeze the jaw arms together on the counter-clockwise motion. Of course, the preferred approach is to use the pliers as a wrench, in which case the arrangement of the jaws does not matter...
Alexei

Great sketch ufox9al, that really demonstrates the theory well!

BTW, I'd like to add some plier-head details to the SwissTool page at both SAKWiki and the Multitool Encyclopedia. If you don't mind, I'd like to use your sketch at both sites.

Bob

[ufox9al]

Bob, of course, please feel free to upload the sketch to both sites. If you would like to make any changes, I will gladly forward you the Visio file, which is what I used to slap it together.
Alexei

[M.TEX]

 OK ....so now I need to buy all the others....Thanks guys 

  Pictures tell a better History 

 Very Nice ! How the 2010 will look like ?  :grin:

 M.TEX

[J-sews]

 Very Nice ! How the 2010 will look like ?  :grin:

 M.TEX

Hehe....

[NeitherExtreme]

WOW They'll have to start a service center for all the broken belts they cause! ;D

[Dunc]

2010 I think we will all be talking about the Swisstool spirit mustang 

Dunc

[J-sews]

Just added this info to the Encyclopedia. Scroll down to the bottom of the SwissTool page HERE and click on Dunc's plier head picture.

Bob