Anyone else like Channellocks?

[creativecars]

I don't know about you guys, but I think this custom Channellock tool hanger is f*c*n badass!!!! It's motivated me to restore another Channellock pegboard display that I have that is not pictured.....just awesome!!

Your Channellock corner reminds me of something I would see at the old True Value store on the square where I grew up... They had everything!

 

[Travisnd]

Your Channellock corner reminds me of something I would see at the old True Value store on the square where I grew up... They had everything!

Thanks so much! I can't wait to hang up my other pegboard display, all 3 pieces will look awesome together!!

 

[BillMoney]

They make Pink Cobras too

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E4H20MU/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[tvtaurus]

Don't own any yet, but looking into buying some.

 

[jboehm]

I decided to upgrade from my cheap Chinese pliers to American made.


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[FastOrange]

I like Channellock, have some of there pliers, a "universal" socket/ratchet set (Taiwan made) and some crescent wrenches. Black/blue ratchet is Channellock.


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[Jim C.]

I decided to upgrade from my cheap Chinese pliers to American made.


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Good call

 

[Travisnd]

Recent addition!

 

[anndel]

Just a few but most used. Planning to pick up more the next time I'm at Home Depot.

 

[metaldad]

Your Channellock corner reminds me of something I would see at the old True Value store on the square where I grew up... They had everything!

a local gj member let me know that a local hwi (?) hardware store picked up the entire present line of channey. combos to 2 1/8. 1/2 drive chrome sockets, 6 AND 12 pt, up to whatever (i forget). 1/4 to 3/4 chrome sockets. impacts. ratchets 1/4 to 3/4. drivers. pliers. ratcheting combos. levels. tape measures, sets.
practically one side of a 20' aisle filled
too bad everything except the pliers and drivers are chinese.

 

[Dtech494]

Yes, I like them.
Have been buying Channel Lock ever since I discovered that the tool truck brand
side cutters looked identical to the the channel lock brand ones. They are reasonable cost and stand up great.
Love the code blue adjustable wrench, I have worn out the rubber handle.

 

[ADSR]

Yes, I like them.
Have been buying Channel Lock ever since I discovered that the tool truck brand
side cutters looked identical to the the channel lock brand ones. They are reasonable cost and stand up great.
Love the code blue adjustable wrench, I have worn out the rubber handle.

When canadian tire has em at 40% off, it's a good day.

 

[jboehm]

I recently added a couple of used pieces, another pair of slip joint pliers and some 909 wire crimpers.


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[jeffmoss26]

a local gj member let me know that a local hwi (?) hardware store picked up the entire present line of channey. combos to 2 1/8. 1/2 drive chrome sockets, 6 AND 12 pt, up to whatever (i forget). 1/4 to 3/4 chrome sockets. impacts. ratchets 1/4 to 3/4. drivers. pliers. ratcheting combos. levels. tape measures, sets.
practically one side of a 20' aisle filled
too bad everything except the pliers and drivers are chinese.

Yeah that's the stuff Do It Best (formerly HWI) has been selling for years. Channellock is licensing the name to some overseas manufacturer for those items.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Hadn't checked in, in quite a while.. glad to see everyone is still digging on the blue..

 

[DFB]

So here's the extent of my Channel Locks

But the two at the lower left come by me used. The 12" Griplock and Linesman

Linesman pliers I actually found them in the grass on my lawn when I was out mowing in the following Spring after a dum azz contractor driving on the roadway one cold February day 15 below zero and not paying attention, drifted over too far and hit the power pole feeding my house, shearing it off and dragging it with the utility box on his truck. Tearing the service line, meter box, siding, everything right off the house.

Off course the doors on his truck box all blew open and just about everything he had got scattered for 100 feet screws nails everything quite a mess. So he's out in the road yelling about his truck and tools. I come over and said hey maybe when your done picking up you should take a look at my house too!

Half the gable end was missing

 

[DFB]

Opps ...forgot these two!

 

[jeffmoss26]

DFB, I love those old style screwdrivers.

 

[DFB]

DFB, I love those old style screwdrivers.

The old screw holding tips. I just went to site looking around didn't see anything similar now.

I didn't go through every page in this thread yet and maybe they been pictured before. But often handy to have a tool around like that some days.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I believe Channellock bought Upson Bros. many years ago which made the HOLD-E-ZEE screwdrivers.
I have a couple 4 in 1s with that style handle, will post a pic tonight.

 

[Kev442]

Took my 460 out of the package today. Bought it on a whim at a good price last year. What. A. Beast. Perfect for what I needed to do. Pictured with my next larger pair.

 

[bubinga]

I like e'm, There's not a Damn thing wrong with them.
well made for the most part.

 

[tvtaurus]

They are quality made, and I own a few myself.

 

[Jim C.]

I like e'm, There's not a Damn thing wrong with them.
well made for the most part.

They are quality made, and I own a few myself.

Agreed......and exactly why I started the thread. Good quality USA made tools at an affordable price. I hope people keep supporting them so they don't take their entire production overseas. Go Blue!!!!

Jim C.

 

[tvtaurus]

Agreed......and exactly why I started the thread. Good quality USA made tools at an affordable price. I hope people keep supporting them so they don't take their entire production overseas. Go Blue!!!!

Jim C.

Speaking of which. The blue is another reason I like them.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I went to Sears today and picked up a pair of 426 6 inch pliers.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm also thinking of getting a pair of 910 cutters.

 

[PhantomEB]

They are all I got in both my garage and my work tool box. Always watching out for sales as I want every one possible!

 

[mjoekingz28]

I don't like Channel Lock anymore. I threw away a slip joint and a regular pliers because I got tired of it sticking/freezing when I went to use and you'd have to fiddle with it and exercise it to get it unstuck.

Replaced with Stanley slip joint from Wal-Mart and will maybe buy a regular plier locally (Kobalt or Lumberyard brand) if I end up needing a pair. I am kind of in buy as needed mode now instead of having it on hand for the future.

 

[Outlawmws]

Since "regular pliers and "slip joints" are the same thing, your post is a bit confusing.

Are you meaning Arc joints?

Did you try taking them apart and cleaning the inside surfaces? Looking for burrs?

 

[maintguy]

I don't like Channel Lock anymore. I threw away a slip joint and a regular pliers because I got tired of it sticking/freezing when I went to use and you'd have to fiddle with it and exercise it to get it unstuck.

Replaced with Stanley slip joint from Wal-Mart and will maybe buy a regular plier locally (Kobalt or Lumberyard brand) if I end up needing a pair. I am kind of in buy as needed mode now instead of having it on hand for the future.

If they are cared for. This will not happen. Not saying you don't care for your tools. Just speaking from experience. A bit of WD 40 or oil goes a long way

 

[Halflunghuck]

I walk through the tool stores and look for Made in USA. So in the basket the blue handled beauties go. Favorite is the oil filter wrenches.

 

[pescados666]

I own a pair of knipex alligator, channellock 430, proto powertrack II, Crescent USA R212 and a Diamalloy HL116P 16". Anyone know if channellock made pliers for crescent or proto? They both look very similar, but then again, most tongue and groove pliers do nowadays.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Since "regular pliers and "slip joints" are the same thing, your post is a bit confusing.

Are you meaning Arc joints?

Did you try taking them apart and cleaning the inside surfaces? Looking for burrs?

I meant I had two pair. A tongue and groove and then a slip joint.

Im a bit of a tool polisher, and they are unable to be assembled. It is like they are riveted.

 

[rick carpenter]

Looks like the Salvage Dawgs like Channellock too, including their new screwdriver line that I don't ever hear much about.

 

[HanShotFirst]

Channellock is good stuff, and very reasonably priced IMO.

 

[davethorik]

I don't like Channel Lock anymore. I threw away a slip joint and a regular pliers because I got tired of it sticking/freezing when I went to use and you'd have to fiddle with it and exercise it to get it unstuck.

Replaced with Stanley slip joint from Wal-Mart and will maybe buy a regular plier locally (Kobalt or Lumberyard brand) if I end up needing a pair. I am kind of in buy as needed mode now instead of having it on hand for the future.

Were these newer tools or older?
The anti-rust coating Channellock uses can cause the tongue and grooves to stick slightly when new, but use them and it gets better. Ditto on slip joints.

 

[Travisnd]

Finally.....received this in the mail today.....NOS little champ #49.....these are hard to find!!

 

[Jim C.]

Finally.....received this in the mail today.....NOS little champ #49.....these are hard to find!!

Nice find Travis!! What a collection.

 

[BillMoney]

Finally.....received this in the mail today.....NOS little champ #49.....these are hard to find!!

let us know how they are I am considering little champs to replace my precision pliers