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gb Offline Biker_Bob

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Self locking pliers mod
on: January 21, 2024, 05:06:18 PM
Self locking pliers are sometimes essential, I used to carry a Crunch alongside my Rebar, but the pair of them make for a weighty carry.
One of my other hobbies is Slingshots and I know from that how much force can be built up in simple latex flat bands. So I cut a 15mm wide strip of 0.5mm Snipersling yellow and wrapped it round the handles. Pulling it to it's elastic limit on each wrap adds the force of each wrap to the previous and when it's gone round 20 or so times the force applied is tremendous.
Here I used it to grip a Remgrit jigsaw blade the gript was strong enough to saw through a small bolt.
So it's not a replacement for a Crunch or other locking pliers, but for the sake of carrying a strip of latex you can have the emergency functionality of a locking plier.
 
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gb Offline Crunchie64

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Re: Self locking pliers mod
Reply #1 on: January 21, 2024, 05:27:28 PM
You could definitely have someone’s eye out with that!

As long as you’ll agree the Crunch is still the best, I think I can agree that’s a pretty cool idea.
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Re: Self locking pliers mod
Reply #2 on: January 21, 2024, 05:59:55 PM
Now that's cool!!  All that for a fraction of the price of a Crunch (although I think the Crunch has to be one of the coolest multitools ever made).
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Re: Self locking pliers mod
Reply #3 on: January 21, 2024, 07:03:31 PM
Definitely- I love the Crunch, this is just a quick bodge to avoid having to carry two multitools.
I've done a bit more testing, I tried to undo the front wheel spindle nut on a bicycle and couldn't do it no matter how hard I squeezed the handles. I wrapped the latex band round and then the nut just came right off - I didn't even need to squeeze the handles.
A word of warning though, I'm pretty sure that with this method you can apply more force than the Rebar can stand - so use it wisely.
I've gone to a 20mm wide strip of Snipersling 0.5mm and I'm not going any further because I think it will break the Rebar.

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Re: Self locking pliers mod
Reply #4 on: January 21, 2024, 09:06:48 PM
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