Why do people grind on snap ring pliers?

[2ndGearRubber]

You'd be singing a different tune if your choice was either modify a tool or lose revenue.

And yet the correct tool has not been purchased, the "modified" tool still exists, and a replacement is not present. If I modify a tool (it's been a loooong time), I have a replacement ordered that day, and that evening I'm looking for the proper tool. This abomination mocks god with its very existence. Crooked misground tips which don't line up. It can't be for tight spaces, it's a convertible pair of snap ring pliers which are inherently big. Wrong tool for the job was modified, or it was broken and instead of being replaced or warrantied the above "modification" was performed. Anything those tips can engage and remove I'm confident I could do so with a mini-pick in each hand.

This is the snap ring pliers equivalent of the guy grinding a fastener into a cone with some visegrips rather than buying the proper extractor tools to deal with such fasteners.


Just looking at that thing I can promise it didn't get the job done. The person who created that is likely a bad person, morally speaking. Beats their wife, cheats on their taxes, doesn't return their shopping cart, grinds snap ring pliers. LOL


A pair of cheapie convertible tip pliers are like 25 bucks? They'd give superior interface to this "tool" that was made.

I don't know many toolguys that will warranty a tool with grinder marks on it.

Depends. "This broke so I cut/ground/welded it to finish the job." Like you crack a socket, so you clamp it in the vise and weld it back together. Modifying for a different purpose is a separate behavior in my mind.

I don't modify much of anything, and I typically have multiple back-up options.

 

[Woody1320]

I've seen many cases of a tool being modified for a specific purpose (albeit MUCH cleaner), but this doesn't seem to be the same instance. This looks like a hack and whack kinda deal to limp through whatever the task was. Being in the automotive industry, I know how important cycle time is. The tool "kits" for each job station have always interested me. But that's a different topic lol.

 

[dchawk81]

And yet the correct tool has not been purchased, the "modified" tool still exists, and a replacement is not present. If I modify a tool (it's been a loooong time), I have a replacement ordered that day, and that evening I'm looking for the proper tool. This abomination mocks god with its very existence. Crooked misground tips which don't line up. It can't be for tight spaces, it's a convertible pair of snap ring pliers which are inherently big. Wrong tool for the job was modified, or it was broken and instead of being replaced or warrantied the above "modification" was performed. Anything those tips can engage and remove I'm confident I could do so with a mini-pick in each hand.

This is the snap ring pliers equivalent of the guy grinding a fastener into a cone with some visegrips rather than buying the proper extractor tools to deal with such fasteners.


Just looking at that thing I can promise it didn't get the job done. The person who created that is likely a bad person, morally speaking. Beats their wife, cheats on their taxes, doesn't return their shopping cart, grinds snap ring pliers. LOL


A pair of cheapie convertible tip pliers are like 25 bucks? They'd give superior interface to this "tool" that was made.



Depends. "This broke so I cut/ground/welded it to finish the job." Like you crack a socket, so you clamp it in the vise and weld it back together. Modifying for a different purpose is a separate behavior in my mind.

I don't modify much of anything, and I typically have multiple back-up options.

Lol.

Point on the doll where the pliars touched you.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

I don't know many toolguys that will warranty a tool with grinder marks on it.

I don't warranty any Snap-On tools, those that I have were all purchased used. Pretty sure the warranty is only intended for the original purchaser.
Modifications like this also wouldn't fit the manufacturing or material defect clause in most lifetime warranties.