Anyone else like Channellocks?

[908Jim]

Bought a few pairs on amazon this week!

 

[jeffmoss26]

got a pair of end nippers for HJE day, they included stickers and a keychain.
Champion-DeArment hammer from a garage sale.

 

[NoahG]

Scored a few more nut drivers today. I now have these in 3/16” 11/32” 3/8” & 1/2”




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[Noworries]

As we all know channel locks is the commonly used name for "those types " of pliers. As a young man that style was known to me as slip-grove pliers but now they seem to be called tongue and grove. Did I miss something or have the mellineals changed that name too?

 

[NoahG]

As we all know channel locks is the commonly used name for "those types " of pliers. As a young man that style was known to me as slip-grove pliers but now they seem to be called tongue and grove. Did I miss something or have the mellineals changed that name too?

I’m a millennial and I learned the generic name was “(water) pump pliers” so idk


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[Outlawmws]

NW, are you confusing "Slip joint pliers" for the "Slip Groove"? I've never heard of the latter - but that could be a regional thing?

I heard CL's also called Arc Joints (for other brands) but some also used the slip joint tech as well, in an extended manner.

As a general class we called them "Water Pump Pliers", probably from Ag/Farm usage?

 

[Noworries]

NW, are you confusing "Slip joint pliers" for the "Slip Groove"? I've never heard of the latter - but that could be a regional thing?

It was actually a military thing.. US Army Combat Engineer (12B WHOA!) School, Ft Leonard Wood but that too could be reasonable I suppose...

 

[Outlawmws]

That could be military lingo which, sometimes catches on, but often doesn't...

"Wrench (comma) ratcheting (comma) reversible..."

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

When someone gives me the brand name **** I say... adjustable pliers... or in the case of a Crescent wrench.. adjustable wrench.... Hammer.. non-adjustable.

 

[Noworries]

The point of my post was simply in almost 60 years of playing with tools NEVER until very recently, meaning this year, haver I ever heard, saw nor in any other shape or form saw channel locks, waterpump pliers etc refered to as tongue and groove... just saying

 

[Outlawmws]

That's just marketing and Wikipedia, (anyone can create or edit a Wikipedia page -I've edited them myself - created many in companies I work(ed) at...)

Don't get me started on marketing people...

I agree, tongue and groove is a wood joint...

 

[dscheidt]

The point of my post was simply in almost 60 years of playing with tools NEVER until very recently, meaning this year, haver I ever heard, saw nor in any other shape or form saw channel locks, waterpump pliers etc refered to as tongue and groove... just saying

My grandfather, who has been dead for over 20 years, called them tongue and groove pliers.

 

[mc4life27]

Really like my 8" & 6" Channellock Code Blue X-Wide adjustable wrenches !

They do make a 6. I need to get me one. I have the 8 and like it.


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[mr.lemons]

728 long reach cutters.

Really like the design. Fit and finish is good.

 

[NoahG]

Got my nut driver family together



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[jeffmoss26]

sweeeet I believe I have a whole set of blue.

 

[NoahG]

sweeeet I believe I have a whole set of blue.

I thought you might like those.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

728 long reach cutters.

Really like the design. Fit and finish is good.

I gotta get a pair of those.. they look great and would make some decent general cutters...

 

[jeffmoss26]

Old sticker on new packout!

 

[Jazz1]

Had to buy 460 set. Enough of too small pair for task. On sale at CTire this week

 

[Ton ton]

This is a bad thread for me. Very costly.

 

[Outlawmws]

Only this one?

 

[48548]

My pairs......

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[jeffmoss26]

I love it!

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Wow the worlds smallest pair of Channellocks lol


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[Outlawmws]

424's; and the larger is the 483, or the 480?

Cool pic!

 

[Ton ton]

Only this one?

Yes, that is correct.

 

[Ton ton]

Show off your adjustable wrenches is the other bad thread.

 

[48548]

Show off your adjustable wrenches is the other bad thread.

That is right..... i keep buying them as well.

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[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I agree lol I buy the adjustable wrenches just to collect I rarely ever use an adjustable one


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[Outlawmws]

Yeah I try to avoid the adjustables, except for the 4"; and the Fords; and the Masterenches,; and the oddball & auto...

 

[48548]

424's; and the larger is the 483, or the 480?

Cool pic!

Those large are the 480... bigazz... Littles 424.

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[48548]

Thanks guys...

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[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Yeah I try to avoid the adjustables, except for the 4"; and the Fords; and the Masterenches,; and the oddball & auto...

Yeah I agree and usually I can’t get the big ones in a lot of places cause the head is too big so I almost always use a regular unless I just don’t have that size and can’t borrow it from anybody.


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[jeffmoss26]

Got the ultimate addition to the collection yesterday!

 

[Woody1320]

Got this set of pliers from Circle C supply for around $70. Bought the wrench around the same time. They have all served me very well so far.

 

[jeffmoss26]

found this yesterday while looking for something else, so I hung it up!

 

[Outlawmws]

Cool "Find" Jeff - lay that out on a sunny day and you can probably get the folds to lay flat.

 

[mr.lemons]

My first negative experience with Channellock pliers.

Big fan of Channellock, but these just don't work out for me. Minor cosmetic issues are not a problem, but I find that the comfort grip handles pinch my hand. May give the dipped handle version a try.

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[measuredtwice]

My first negative experience with Channellock pliers.

Big fan of Channellock, but these just don't work out for me. Minor cosmetic issues are not a problem, but I find that the comfort grip handles pinch my hand. May give the dipped handle version a try.

They do look pinchy. I only have the dipped handles. And I don't have the new "E" series.

I've seen racks of the Channellocks long nose in stores. I can tell you that the difference in jaw thickness isn't one of a kind. At first, I thought it might just be an illusion because of differences in the grinding that is done by hand. But it's not. They are different thickness. Klein long nose also had the same problem recently. I've looked at racks full of the Klein pliers also. Fortunately none of my pliers from either company had these problems. Hopefully both companies got it sorted.