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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #60 on: November 02, 2022, 06:34:14 AM
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Let's not pat Poncho too much on the back. I asked for brownies from him, but he refused  >:(
No doubt he scarfed the rest of them down while reading my request to send some to me  :rant:
Keep that in mind about Poncho. He may give away a really nice MT, but he will keep the good stuff to himself  :'(
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #61 on: November 02, 2022, 05:54:08 PM
Thanks to Poncho, I now have a PT-510 (and some MTO swag) to add to my electrical MT and knife collection:

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 :like:   ...well done Big P  :2tu:



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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #62 on: November 02, 2022, 11:35:13 PM
I ended up buying the Knipex through my work account
Those are great. I have them (13 02 160) along with the normal electical tools (side cutters, wire strippers, needle nose pliers) in my electric toolkit. But most of the time I grab just them to have everything in one simple tool. You can do most of the normal tasks (for example wiring outlets) with them and a screwdriver with no problems. If there are problems, I use the normal tools. Normally I have everything with me in my toolkit.

Only thing I can not tell is the compatibility with standards in America. Those differ much compared to standards in Germany and Europe.


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #63 on: November 03, 2022, 01:22:03 AM
I really like using Klein's hybrid pliers for installing outlets and switches:

https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/high-leverage-side-cutting-pliers/hybrid-pliers-crimper-and-wire-stripper


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #64 on: November 04, 2022, 01:36:14 AM
I like brownies. :drool:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #65 on: November 04, 2022, 01:59:02 AM
 :rofl:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #66 on: November 04, 2022, 05:05:25 PM
Esse Quam Videri


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #67 on: November 07, 2022, 06:02:27 PM
I like brownies. :drool:

Me too :drool: and they were really good :whistle: sorry to say none were left for poor Adam  :dunno:

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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #68 on: November 07, 2022, 06:21:44 PM
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #69 on: November 11, 2022, 01:28:19 AM
I just found out about these Crescent flip pliers. A sales rep let me look at a pair Tuesday evening, and they seemed to be decent to me.


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #70 on: November 12, 2022, 05:44:01 AM
Those do look pretty handy...and I could use a new wire stripper.
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #71 on: November 12, 2022, 12:54:00 PM
These Milwaukee 7-in-1 hybrid pliers/wire strippers are on sale at Home Depot, and I can highly recommend them.



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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #72 on: November 12, 2022, 03:58:03 PM
Those do look pretty handy...and I could use a new wire stripper.

 :iagree: I don't strip wire much but the Crescent and Milwaukee ones both look pretty good :cheers: leaning towards the Milwaukee ones though :think: I usually only fix extension cords and the like, nothing to electrical for me as I value my life and don't deal with things that might could potentially have power on them :ahhh :D


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #73 on: December 03, 2022, 03:15:13 AM
:iagree: I don't strip wire much but the Crescent and Milwaukee ones both look pretty good :cheers: leaning towards the Milwaukee ones though :think: I usually only fix extension cords and the like, nothing to electrical for me as I value my life and don't deal with things that might could potentially have power on them :ahhh :D

The crescent pliers are pretty neat. We’re in need of new dedicated wire strippers. I think ours are craftsmen. I know we bought them at Sears over a decade ago and they are quite cumbersome to use. Those Milwaukee ones look comfortable and would handle all small guage wire I work with.

also not going anywhere near live wire, all my high voltage controlled equipment can be unplugged!


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #74 on: December 13, 2022, 11:59:29 AM


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #75 on: January 07, 2023, 08:38:03 PM
I am happy to have acquired this trio over the last few months:



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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #76 on: January 07, 2023, 08:45:06 PM




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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #77 on: January 07, 2023, 08:53:26 PM
Very nice, Adam :like:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #78 on: January 07, 2023, 09:32:55 PM
That is a sweet trio, took me forever to find the PT-510 and complete my trio a few years back.  :tu:
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #79 on: January 07, 2023, 10:58:27 PM
That is quite the collection! :tu: I wonder how many others are out there for you to find? :think:
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #80 on: January 08, 2023, 02:19:39 AM


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #81 on: January 08, 2023, 02:28:07 AM
That is a sweet trio, took me forever to find the PT-510 and complete my trio a few years back.  :tu:

Thanks, pa  :cheers:

I can thank Poncho for the PT-510. He had an unused one that he sent to me. And I can thank him for helping me with the PT-540. It is in fine shape except that the Phillips driver is broken. He happens to have had an old SOG Phillips driver that he is sending to me  :tu:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #82 on: January 08, 2023, 02:42:48 AM
That is quite the collection! :tu: I wonder how many others are out there for you to find? :think:

Thanks, Dan  :cheers:

I know of at least 4 of them that have been sold in markets outside of the US. Chako has one that was sold by MasterCraft in Canada a few years ago. A tool company in Australia whose name escapes me at the moment used to sell one. Workpro sells one at the moment in Asia. And Sheffield has two different color varieties that they sold. I now have the version with green and black accents (see the tool at the rear left of my photo). There is one with red and black accents that was sold in Europe (resembles the tool next to the Sheffield in my photo).

I don't know if any of those will ever fall into my clutches  :dunno:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #83 on: January 08, 2023, 03:28:08 AM
I am happy to have acquired this trio over the last few months:

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They look great all together :drool: :like:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #84 on: January 08, 2023, 03:47:19 AM
 :iagree:  What a great collection. 
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #85 on: January 09, 2023, 01:44:43 PM
Congrats Adam on a fine collection and  :hatsoff: to Poncho for helping you out !     :cheers:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #86 on: January 09, 2023, 02:00:59 PM
Thanks, guys  :cheers:

(...)  :hatsoff: to Poncho for helping you out !     :cheers:

I have found that, as long as you don't ask for his brownies, Poncho is a thoughtful and giving fella  :2tu:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #87 on: January 09, 2023, 04:42:54 PM
 :rofl:

He sure is a good guy! :tu:
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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #88 on: January 09, 2023, 06:30:58 PM
:shrug:


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Re: Electrician's MTs
Reply #89 on: May 31, 2023, 12:07:51 PM
I managed to find the second of the Sheffield models, filling a hole in my collection:



There are several more still out there, such as WorkPro, MasterCraft, etc....


 

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