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    Quote Originally Posted by t00nces2 View Post
    Wire cutters...
    I don't know as it's that important but i damaged my wire cutters by using them to yank the brass out of plug ends. The repeated twisting motion loosened up where the two halves of the wire cutter connect.



    I tend to use lineman's pliers or vise grips for the loop ends. Slip joint pliers seem to work okay too. You can use the rounded shape of the head to get a rolling & twisting motion going and yank the loops out of the metal end. Fencing pliers are good for different jobs too.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
    I don't know as it's that important but i damaged my wire cutters by using them to yank the brass out of plug ends. The repeated twisting motion loosened up where the two halves of the wire cutter connect.

    I tend to use lineman's pliers or vise grips for the loop ends. Slip joint pliers seem to work okay too. You can use the rounded shape of the head to get a rolling & twisting motion going and yank the loops out of the metal end. Fencing pliers are good for different jobs too.

    Those look cool. What all does that thing do? Looks like a combination of different tools. I got a guy who is going to take the ac shells in for me and charge me only 20 percent so that's cool. Since we only have a car ��. I can fit 160 lbs of clean rads in the trunk tho haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
    Those look cool. What all does that thing do? Looks like a combination of different tools. I got a guy who is going to take the ac shells in for me and charge me only 20 percent so that's cool. Since we only have a car ��. I can fit 160 lbs of clean rads in the trunk tho haha.
    I believe it's a tool that they use when they're installing chain link fence. I've never done fence but it's useful for grabbing just about anything putting a yank on it. Sometimes i use one for pulling out copper motor windings. You grab the winding with the pliers part and then used the curved part of the head to pry the windings out.

    It's good that you've got someone to do the steel for you. You really need a truck and maybe even a trailer to haul that stuff to the yard. I toss the ac steel into the front bucket of the loader and run it down to the metals pile at work. The pile is getting awfully big these days. It's easily 14 feet high, 20 feet deep, and 60 feet long. All compacted metal. It ought to make for a pretty good load going out the next time the scrap yard comes around to pick up our metals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
    I believe it's a tool that they use when they're installing chain link fence. I've never done fence but it's useful for grabbing just about anything putting a yank on it. Sometimes i use one for pulling out copper motor windings. You grab the winding with the pliers part and then used the curved part of the head to pry the windings out.

    It's good that you've got someone to do the steel for you. You really need a truck and maybe even a trailer to haul that stuff to the yard. I toss the ac steel into the front bucket of the loader and run it down to the metals pile at work. The pile is getting awfully big these days. It's easily 14 feet high, 20 feet deep, and 60 feet long. All compacted metal. It ought to make for a pretty good load going out the next time the scrap yard comes around to pick up our metals.
    Used for barbed wire, cutting wire, pulling and driving in staples. don't forget the wire stretcher.


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    Quote Originally Posted by alloy2 View Post
    Used for barbed wire, cutting wire, pulling and driving in staples. don't forget the wire stretcher.

    Neat bet you can pull motor windings out with that.

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