I bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happier
Quote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.
Quote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!
Quote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club...
Quote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out.
Quote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club
Quote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:34:00 PMQuote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club What exactly are "Engineer pliers", google seem not to be certain either...
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:35:53 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:34:00 PMQuote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club What exactly are "Engineer pliers", google seem not to be certain either...Amazon has some good picturesbasically they are the same as the Vampliers.
Quote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 02:37:44 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:35:53 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:34:00 PMQuote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club What exactly are "Engineer pliers", google seem not to be certain either...Amazon has some good picturesbasically they are the same as the Vampliers.So its the profile at the tip that makes them "Engineer pliers"?
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:48:55 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 02:37:44 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:35:53 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:34:00 PMQuote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club What exactly are "Engineer pliers", google seem not to be certain either...Amazon has some good picturesbasically they are the same as the Vampliers.So its the profile at the tip that makes them "Engineer pliers"?yeah, the name is more marketing than typical name. they work great for the knurled knobs though
Quote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 03:06:32 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:48:55 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 02:37:44 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on September 09, 2014, 02:35:53 PMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:34:00 PMQuote from: zoidberg on September 09, 2014, 10:20:05 AMQuote from: Breezy12 on September 09, 2014, 06:34:00 AMQuote from: detron on September 09, 2014, 01:43:41 AMQuote from: Metropolicity on September 09, 2014, 01:37:35 AMQuote from: detron on September 06, 2014, 04:03:04 PMI bought the Engineer pliers (2 of them) and I could not be happierWorth their weight in GOLD. I love mine so much.absolutely!!we may need to start an engineer pliers owners club... That will be a really small club. And I'll be left out. can't be in every club, but you are in the SwissChamp XL club What exactly are "Engineer pliers", google seem not to be certain either...Amazon has some good picturesbasically they are the same as the Vampliers.So its the profile at the tip that makes them "Engineer pliers"?yeah, the name is more marketing than typical name. they work great for the knurled knobs thoughThat explains it, thanks .In German we only have Kombizange (Combination pliers) as opposed to a single function pliers, at least I have never heard anything else.P.S. Knipex has a pretty nice "Pliers-ABC"
I must speak about these pliers here.I took apart the BO Fuse and the Orange Fuse, just using these pliers, (2 of them) I did not heat up the locktite or anything. I just grabbed and turned.I know $25 for each plier is expensive, but they are AMAZING
(Image removed from quote.)more like losing the battle at the moment. Grabbed a couple of 9/32 cheapo cr@p sockets to make a couple of the bigger size to strip the new BO and Orange fuses.LUCKILY (comparatively) I used my SS fuse to form the sockets.First one went without a hitch... Second one was hard as smurf and made a hex on the head of the screw! I'm so gutted I can't even bring myself to take a pic to post here. maybe when I get to the "one day we'll laugh about this" point.
Quote from: PTRSAK on September 12, 2014, 11:29:04 PM (Image removed from quote.)more like losing the battle at the moment. Grabbed a couple of 9/32 cheapo cr@p sockets to make a couple of the bigger size to strip the new BO and Orange fuses.LUCKILY (comparatively) I used my SS fuse to form the sockets.First one went without a hitch... Second one was hard as smurf and made a hex on the head of the screw! I'm so gutted I can't even bring myself to take a pic to post here. maybe when I get to the "one day we'll laugh about this" point.Peter that is a bummer mate I guess you could look at it two ways , you now have a fastener with a conventional head or now you need to replace the damaged fastener ,, should not be too hard to get one , I think I might have a spare PST fastener not sure if they would fit the Fuse though .Or you do what I do & try & not look at the trashed head of the fastener .REALLY odd that your socket set had sockets of variable hardness , it is a shame you want to buy cr#p soft sockets & they slip a proper one in there .Quote from: detron on September 13, 2014, 03:24:30 AMI must speak about these pliers here.I took apart the BO Fuse and the Orange Fuse, just using these pliers, (2 of them) I did not heat up the locktite or anything. I just grabbed and turned.I know $25 for each plier is expensive, but they are AMAZINGDTs do the fancy pliers mark the fastener's edges at all
OK, the swap was not that bad, would have been done in like 15 minutes if it was not for those washers that made me understand what frustration really is.anyway, on to the write-upso here are the factory toolshard to see, but notice the different angles on the large flat drivers (I took a better angled photo, but you could not see the silver one)so I like using the engineer pliers, but I also like NOT scratching the body of the tools so I decided to try something new, and it worked fairly decently.I used these and put them on the end of the pliers like sothey wore out before I was finished, I just replaced them and it was all good.here is the tear down resultsso, I also wanted to switch the lock releases so that the Orange Tool had black insides and locks.ALL DONE!!!!!orange handles, with black tools, black pliers, black locks, and black knurled knobs.AND the BO handles with all silver everywhere. I think my coworker is going to be happy, I am actually very happy with my "Hidden Shiny"
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