{"id":1682,"date":"2020-08-28T10:04:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T04:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:11:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T04:41:28","slug":"common-myths-about-pliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Myths about Pliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_58 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-655dcf99e0b2c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-655dcf99e0b2c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#Prying_open_the_truth_about_pliers\" title=\"Prying open the truth about pliers\u00a0\">Prying open the truth about pliers\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#Pliers_are_not_just_for_picking_up_and_turning\" title=\"Pliers are not just for picking up and turning.\u00a0\">Pliers are not just for picking up and turning.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#Wire_cutting_is_not_a_one_plier_job\" title=\"Wire cutting is not a one plier job.\u00a0\">Wire cutting is not a one plier job.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#Pliers_can_be_used_as_a_wrench_but_not_a_hammer\" title=\"Pliers can be used as a wrench but not a hammer.\u00a0\u00a0\">Pliers can be used as a wrench but not a hammer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#There_are_famous_pliers\" title=\"There are famous pliers\u00a0\">There are famous pliers\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/common-myths-about-pliers\/#Blunt_pliers_cant_be_hand_sharpened\" title=\"Blunt pliers can\u2019t be hand sharpened.\u00a0\">Blunt pliers can\u2019t be hand sharpened.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prying_open_the_truth_about_pliers\"><\/span><b>Prying open the truth about pliers\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plier is an ancient tool based on the principle of leverage and has evolved from what were essentially tongs into a feat of engineering and design that makes life easy for electricians, plumbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As pliers have developed over many years the designs have branched off into a range of uses and abilities, creating different families of pliers that have their own specific jobs. Global distributors like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/au.rs-online.com\/web\/c\/hand-tools\/pliers-cutters\/pliers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>RS Components<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often sell a whole range of different types, all with their own stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s have a look at some of the truths about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pliers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pliers_are_not_just_for_picking_up_and_turning\"><\/span><b>Pliers are not just for picking up and turning.\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are around sixteen different types of pliers designed and engineered to perform their individual job. Diagonal pliers or side cutters, for example, are for the purpose of cutting wire and are not designed to pick up or turn objects. T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he cutting edges of the jaws intersect the joint rivet at an angle, which allows the wire to be separated by indenting and wedging it apart.\u00a0 Round nose pliers, by contrast, are used to forming a loop at the end of a wire in electronics or for jewellery making to form different shapes with the wire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wire_cutting_is_not_a_one_plier_job\"><\/span><b>Wire cutting is not a one plier job.\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lineman&#8217;s pliers are designed\u00a0to cut, straighten, and bend wire, and twist wires together when making splices. For wire stripping, a wire stripper is the best tool. An electrician might also carry side cutters, electronic cutters and a ratchet cable cutter in his pliers\u2019 belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pliers_can_be_used_as_a_wrench_but_not_a_hammer\"><\/span><b>Pliers can be used as a wrench but not a hammer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Channellock or tongue and groove plier are actually designed to tighten and loosen nuts and bolts\u00a0 It can be adjusted to fit any size nut and is built with a PermaLock to eliminate nut and bolt failure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pliers will last longer if you use them as directed \u2013 banging in nails is best left to a hammer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_are_famous_pliers\"><\/span><b>There are famous pliers\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most high profile pliers are Linemans\u2019 pliers, the Vise-Grip and the Channellock, all named for the company who designed them and all of which have a different function in the workshop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vise-grip or locking pliers uses an over-centre clamp to maintain a spring pressure on the jaws to allow them to remain clamped on an object without requiring external pressure on the handle levers. The bolt is set to a slightly smaller size and maintains this pressure without damaging the object being gripped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blunt_pliers_cant_be_hand_sharpened\"><\/span><b>Blunt pliers can\u2019t be hand sharpened.\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grandad may have sharpened his pliers but today\u2019s tools are a different matter.\u00a0 Take the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knipex Needle Nose Cutting Pliers as one example. The long flat rounded jaws have serrated gripping surfaces that are separately induction hardened to 61 HRC and are forged from a high grade of vanadium electric steel, oil-hardened for added strength and durability.\u00a0 These pliers are not going to be sharpened by a file.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the rating and manufacturers instructions for the correct use of your plier.\u00a0 If you are not sure, ask for assistance before you make a plier purchase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prying open the truth about pliers\u00a0 The plier is an ancient tool based on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17],"tags":[1260,1256,1255,1248,1258,1254,1263,1247,1252,1246,1262,1257,1259,1253,1250,1251,1249,1261,1264],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pliers.jpg?fit=910%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1066,"url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechupdates.com\/secret-codes-for-android-and-ios-mobile\/","url_meta":{"origin":1682,"position":0},"title":"Top Useful Secret Codes of your Android and iOS Mobile","author":"Admin","date":"7 May 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On many occasions, you don't know how you can get the most out of your smartphone. 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