Pliers 101: Understanding Different Types of Pliers in your Tool Box | eReplacementParts.com

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0:05good day everyone

0:06i'm dave and today we're going to be

0:08talking about pliers there's literally

0:10hundreds of different types of pliers

0:12and each pliers quite often has multiple

0:14different names depending on the

0:16industry it's used in and depending on

0:17the particular region you're from

0:20if you were to buy a simple flyer set

0:22typically this is what you would see one

0:24of the most common ones is a slip joint

0:27or water pump pliers

0:29next is of course your locking pliers

0:31quite often called vice grips

0:33lineman pliers quite often cause thumb

0:35nose

0:37slip joint pliers

0:39adjustable wrench although it's a wrench

0:42not really pliers they lump it into the

0:43plier section and if you look at

0:45definition of pliers it's sort of a gray

0:47area

0:49then we get into side cutters for

0:51cutting wires

0:52needle nose various kinds

0:56this is your typical basic set that you

0:57pick up at any local hardware store but

0:59now we're going to start talking about

1:01the specialized versions of these as

1:02well as some of the more unique versions

1:05so let's start with some of the more

1:06simple ones and then work our way to

1:07some of the more exotic ones

1:10so locking pliers and this is a small

1:12subset

1:14quite often called vice grip after the

1:15manufacturer we've got standard needle

1:18nose type ones we've got ones

1:20more so for bending metal

1:23we've got

1:24larger clamping type for either doing

1:25woodworking and quite often for doing

1:27welding and we even got the spreading

1:30kind where you can actually adjust and

1:32spread these pieces of metal or whatever

1:34you're working on various distances

1:37we have your standard tongue and groove

1:39pliers often called water pump and as

1:41you can see there's various grooves so

1:43we can set it at one distance or we can

1:45move it closer depending on what size

1:47we're working on

1:49we have slip joint same concept where in

1:52this case you only have two positions a

1:54little wider or super close

1:57we have adjustables

1:59adjustables quite often are called crest

2:01wrench again after one of the

2:02manufacturers

2:04this one for example is even called a

2:06slip lock nut wrench

2:08they come in various sizes small medium

2:10large you get even larger specialized

2:13ones for plumbing when you start dealing

2:14with

2:15toilets and that we have to get larger

2:16nuts take off

2:18another common category are needle nose

2:20and needle nose you have

2:22bent needle nose get around corners and

2:25hidden spots you have your longer needle

2:27nose to get into long reaches

2:30you have your double action needle nose

2:32when you really need to get down inside

2:34of a long pipe or something like that of

2:36course you have absolutely perfectly

2:37round

2:38some with spring loaded at the end to

2:40make it even easier to constantly open

2:42then we have

2:44linesman pliers quite often called snub

2:46nose these are quite often used in

2:48electrical industry for when you're

2:49twisting wires together as well you have

2:52a built-in cutter on these quite often

2:54they have serrated edges at the end for

2:55gripping hold of things

2:56you can get them of course insulated for

2:58dealing with high power or in this case

3:00just rubber coated

3:02then we get into cutting tight pliers

3:05the cutting you've got basically

3:07more or less standard shears again

3:10debatable whether or not you want to

3:11call them pliers

3:13more so for dealing with aviation cable

3:15these will actually cut heavy duty steel

3:18cable

3:19again another one for cable

3:21you can tell it's cable because of the

3:22curved jaws so that way the cable just

3:24won't pop out it actually locks into it

3:27as you try to cut through the cable

3:28again in the tin snips

3:31you have straight for cutting straight

3:33lines you have right for cutting right

3:35curves left curves you have multi

3:37combinations of course you have diagonal

3:39cutters or side cutters depending on how

3:42you want to call them for cutting wires

3:44as well as cutting cable ties

3:47same idea for this

3:49you've got wires at the end as well

3:52these make absolutely great nail pullers

3:55put on the nail

3:56lock it down

3:58and rock that nail right out

4:01we have tile cutters where you can

4:03actually cut it

4:05and then use that notch to put tile in

4:06between and break it apart on the seam

4:09and then we get into heavy duty cable

4:11cutters

4:12and this is a ratcheting type

4:14take your heavy duty

4:16copper wire that you're dealing with in

4:18this case i'm just using a small wire

4:20put it in

4:23lock it

4:24with very little force and i'm only

4:26using one finger

4:27it'll cut right through that

4:30wire completely

4:32and then we get into our crimpers and

4:36cutters

4:37and we have a very simplified wire

4:39stripper where you squeeze diameter of

4:41the copper you need and strip off the

4:43coating

4:44more of an automated when you put the

4:45wire gauge in it's the squeeze and

4:48separate the same time

4:49and then you get into some of your more

4:51specialty type crimpers where you're

4:53dealing with television connectors where

4:55you can just drop that in and put your

4:56cable in it'll squeeze and lock it and

4:58then you have a simplified ferrule

5:01crimper where as you squeeze it you'll

5:03see that diameter the whole close

5:05these you use quite often electronics

5:07where you want to put a finished end on

5:09the wire and you just put the wire in

5:11your crimper

5:12and

5:13squeeze

5:14and that will lock your wire perfectly

5:16inside

5:18and we also have snap ring pliers

5:20of various different heads

5:22so you can put them on to either open or

5:24close snap rings

5:26which you quite often see at the end of

5:28round bars to lock the bar in place

5:31and then we also get into other more

5:33unique pliers as well

5:35this one believe it or not is actually a

5:37nail puller

5:38you grab onto your nail

5:41and

5:42you rock across yank it out

5:44and then you have one of my favorites

5:46because it's a multi-function tool

5:49it's your fencing pliers

5:51the fencing pliers has the end here of

5:53course for yanking out your staples on

5:55your fence post on your farm

5:57for hammering in your staples

6:00for catching the very end of your staple

6:01and starting to pull it out for crimping

6:03your staples a bit more

6:05and of course built in as well

6:07is cutters for cutting your barbed wire

6:10and everything else

6:11this is just a few of the different

6:12types of pliers that are out there and a

6:14few of the names if you have other

6:16pliers we never discussed or if you have

6:17other names that we never mentioned

6:19please leave them in the comments

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