Posted: 7/5/2012 3:00:46 PM EDT
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I went looking for my safety wire pliers and they're nowhere to be found, I'm thinking the old man swiped them.
Professionals, I need recommendations on the best pliers you can get. 8 inch size. Motorcycle, Jeep, off roading. No more aerospace for me. I've seen guys use cheap ones with plastic parts, do not want. Not sure if I want to try reversible. Who makes a quality tool these days? Thoughts? Links? |
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I went looking for my safety wire pliers and they're nowhere to be found, I'm thinking the old man swiped them. Professionals, I need recommendations on the best pliers you can get. 8 inch size. Motorcycle, Jeep, off roading. No more aerospace for me. I've seen guys use cheap ones with plastic parts, do not want. Not sure if I want to try reversible. Who makes a quality tool these days? Thoughts? Links? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=646513&group_ID=675127&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog |
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I went looking for my safety wire pliers and they're nowhere to be found, I'm thinking the old man swiped them. Professionals, I need recommendations on the best pliers you can get. 8 inch size. Motorcycle, Jeep, off roading. No more aerospace for me. I've seen guys use cheap ones with plastic parts, do not want. Not sure if I want to try reversible. Who makes a quality tool these days? Thoughts? Links? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=646513&group_ID=675127&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog I picked up a pair of these at a pawn shop 20+ years ago and have used them on our race cars, bikes and planes ever since. If I lost them, I'd buy another pair the next day. |
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The best ones are your bare hands. I've heard the Air Force doesn't allow pliers to be used anymore due to nicks causing stress risers/breakage. (that may be incorrect, I don't know) A par of dykes and have fun... If you use them correctly, there should be no "nicks" in the wire that is being twisted. Maybe a few on the ends, but that will get cut off anyway before you pigtail it. I safety-wired many a cannon plug, and RF connectors when I was working on aircraft. |
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I've seen a lot of guys buy the reversible ones from the tool trucks, and I've seen most of them do warranty exchanges on those reversible pliers in less than a year. I doubt I'll ever buy a set of reversible safety wire pliers, based on the experiences of people I have worked with.
I bought my safety wire pliers around 20 years ago, from a small store that mostly sold textbooks and study guides for people wanting to take the various FAA written tests. Haven't got a clue who made them, since there's no name engraved on them, and I don't recall seeing a manufacturer's name on the box. No plastic parts, just inexpensive, all-metal, safety wire pliers. Wouldn't surprise me if I'm still using them when I decide to retire from working on planes. |
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Whats wrong with just a good pair of linemans pliers? Safety wire pliers are a lot faster. If you rarely have to deal with safety wire, a good pair of duckbills may be all you need. But if you've got a bunch of stuff to safety, safety wire pliers will get it done in a fraction of the time. |
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The best ones are your bare hands. I've heard the Air Force doesn't allow pliers to be used anymore due to nicks causing stress risers/breakage. (that may be incorrect, I don't know) A par of dykes and have fun... This. If I can't get it done right with my own hands, there is no way that the pliers will get it done right either. Safety cable is the shiznit... |
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Quoted: Quoted: Whats wrong with just a good pair of linemans pliers? Safety wire pliers are a lot faster. If you rarely have to deal with safety wire, a good pair of duckbills may be all you need. But if you've got a bunch of stuff to safety, safety wire pliers will get it done in a fraction of the time. Interesting. Never knew about them. |
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Quoted: The best ones are your bare hands. I've heard the Air Force doesn't allow pliers to be used anymore due to nicks causing stress risers/breakage. (that may be incorrect, I don't know) A par of dykes and have fun... I've been off the line for 3 years, but we were using them then. I don't use them on .020 safety wire for cannon plugs. Most of the stuff I safety wire is hard to get to, so it's by hand for me. Well, I've got a line number for Tech, so I'll let the youngins get in there.  |
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The best ones are your bare hands. I've heard the Air Force doesn't allow pliers to be used anymore due to nicks causing stress risers/breakage. (that may be incorrect, I don't know) A par of dykes and have fun... I've been off the line for 3 years, but we were using them then. I don't use them on .020 safety wire for cannon plugs. Most of the stuff I safety wire is hard to get to, so it's by hand for me. Well, I've got a line number for Tech, so I'll let the youngins get in there. I've heard varying stories from ex-military mechanics, and it seems that whether or not they were allowed to use safety wire pliers depended on when they were in, what branch they were in, what they were working on, and where they were working on it. In other words, it apparently depended on whether or not someone in their chain of command decided that safety wire pliers nicked the wire. |