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Retrotechtacular: How Not to Use Hand Tools

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Dan Maloney

Whatever you’re doing with your hand tools, by the US Army’s lights, you’re probably doing it wrong. That seems to be the “Green Machine’s” attitude on pliers and screwdrivers, at …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: How Not to Use Hand Tools→

Producing a Pair of Parallel Pliers

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

Two pairs of steel parallel pliers sit on a rough wooden benchtop. The pair on the left is open and the pair on the right is closed, demonstrating the parallel nature of the pliers' jaws over their entire range of motion. There are three brass pins flush with the steel surface of the handles and you can just barely make out the brass and copper filler material between the steel outer surfaces of the handles.

A regular pair of pliers is fine most of the time, but for delicate work with squarish objects you can’t go wrong with a pair of parallel pliers. [Neil Paskin] …read more Continue reading Producing a Pair of Parallel Pliers→