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Has anyone heard of these pliers before? They say "Lock Line" and I think it is either Cross or Ross Manufacturing. They are a 3 piece design and seem to lock by use of a cam. They unlock by pulling the handles apart. I couldn't really find any information with a Google search.

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Never seen those before. They look like gas line pliers, but I've never seen gas pliers with a wire cutter. Can you show us how the locking mechanism works?
 
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I am not sure exactly how it works. I squeezed the handles down with an old bolt in the jaws and they locked pretty tight. Kind of reminds me of the mechanism on the Craftsman hose pinch pliers.

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wvrailroader said:
Has anyone heard of these pliers before? They say "Lock Line" and I think it is either Cross or Ross Manufacturing. They are a 3 piece design and seem to lock by use of a cam. They unlock by pulling the handles apart. I couldn't really find any information with a Google search.

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Maybe go here for "second hand" information:


http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-lock-line-self-locking-pliers-23962493

Stan

And, adding more fuel to the fire, here is a brief description from Popular Science, September 1949, page 210 [scroll just above the yellow highlight for the complete article and the explosion picture {becomes legible @ 200%}]:

https://books.google.com/books?id=n...s manufacturing company san francisco&f=false

Just trying to be helpful--Stan
 
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Thanks Stan and Woody! Just the information I was looking for. Looks like I was right about them working by use of a cam.

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