How To Make Shrinking Pliers From Old Vise Grips

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  • Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
  • How To Make Shrinking Pliers From Old Vise Grips
    In this video make some shrinking pliers out of an old set of vise grips. I think they are a handy tool to have in your toolbox and they are pretty easy to make. go make yourself a set and have some fun with it!
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  • @ianfoster6907
    @ianfoster6907 Год назад +3

    clamp a piece of flat bar at each end of the flange and the shrinks can then be planished flat without losing any of the curve👍

  • @danpickett9103
    @danpickett9103 2 года назад +4

    A tuck shrink has to be trapped by flattening the point of the tuck first. Then you flatten the rest of the tuck from the point to the edge. Simply flattening the tuck without trapping it doesn't yield as much shrinkage. Ron Fornier explains this very well in his books and videos. I've seen methods of putting tucks in that actually stretch the metal first. Of course, that's counter productive. A tuck should be a bend only thing. The pliers you have can probably be adjusted so that they don't do any stretching. Cool Tool!

  • @normarneson2547
    @normarneson2547 2 года назад +3

    In the aircraft industry they call them Fluting Pliers. I am going to have to make one of these. I did do something similar to put a bead in a turbo tube that I shortened but didn't want it to blow of.

  • @randymacsgarage
    @randymacsgarage Год назад +1

    AWESOME SAUCE!👍👍

  • @CarterAutoRestyling
    @CarterAutoRestyling 2 года назад +4

    Great idea, I'm going to have to build one for myself...although I'm having a bit of trouble finding some of that extra brittle stainless steel rod that you used.

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад +3

      I have a whole slew of it here at my shop! Come by, it has to be picked up in person because it breaks during shipping

  • @daos3300
    @daos3300 2 года назад +2

    nice tool. taper the bars for a more efficient tuck. also heat the tucks cherry red and then hammer them out, you'll only have to do it once.

  • @rickdarr5323
    @rickdarr5323 2 года назад

    Yes Karl has some stuff going on... 1st time on this channel and thanks for the tips and tricks!

  • @michaelyergin2437
    @michaelyergin2437 2 года назад

    This Old Tony would also be proud! Definitely gonna build me one of these. Cool idea!

  • @frankschwartz7405
    @frankschwartz7405 2 года назад

    Great idea!
    Guess I'll have to build a pair.

  • @rickhettwer854
    @rickhettwer854 2 года назад

    Great idea, I'm gonna have me some of those in my arsenal.

  • @chrispiazza7487
    @chrispiazza7487 2 года назад +1

    Nice tool mod! My best was welding nuts on the threaded rod of a C clamp and using my rattle gun to spin it. Use it everyday. Yes, we need to move thick bronze castings quite a distance at times.

  • @tonydownes7424
    @tonydownes7424 Год назад

    Nice work..... All the best with everything

  • @stephenmcdonald8947
    @stephenmcdonald8947 2 года назад

    Perfect to tune up a aftermarket panel

  • @joewolf4483
    @joewolf4483 2 года назад +1

    If theres one kind of guy I don't want to mess with its a guy that can break stainless steal bar with his hand....😳 cool tool...thanks for the idea....

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      Hahaha 🤣 yeah I have strong hands lol

  • @fahmirokhyadidjoemadi846
    @fahmirokhyadidjoemadi846 Год назад

    nice tool , its what i need ,tks for sharing

  • @dougroberts9864
    @dougroberts9864 2 года назад +1

    Try’s nipex plierwrench you will find it a go to tool in your arsenal

  • @jonathanbrogdon9067
    @jonathanbrogdon9067 2 года назад

    They make something similar for thin dirt car body's or duct work but they don't work near as good this design I will definitely have to make a set now! Thanks for sharing

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      Sweet!! Hope it is good use to you

  • @1936fordcrazy
    @1936fordcrazy 2 года назад +1

    Love it keep these type of videos coming

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      If I can think of anything like this again I’ll make a video

  • @paulhedman7387
    @paulhedman7387 Год назад

    Now this is pretty cool, I gotta make one

  • @snoopu2601
    @snoopu2601 6 месяцев назад

    Right on 👍🏽a tool I can use

  • @KingDWS
    @KingDWS 2 года назад +1

    I wonder if what you saw was aviation flouting pliers. They do same thing but shrink in a pie shape. Those are cheap say under $20, but haven't priced lately you can get from aircraft tool supply aka ATS, Wicks aircraft, Aircraft Spruce and dozens of others. Isn't the Lincoln shrinker the one that forms a dozen small shrinks? Used on furnace duct stuff?

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      Not sure I’ll do some more research!

  • @jraposo911
    @jraposo911 Год назад

    Love this.Making one today😊 JR

  • @darrenmilford1573
    @darrenmilford1573 2 года назад

    Really cool idea, have to give it a try.

  • @punkinsgarageandpaint8299
    @punkinsgarageandpaint8299 2 года назад

    This is a cool tool, thanks for sharing!

  • @johnbernstein1127
    @johnbernstein1127 2 года назад

    Appreciate the tip Travis. Thanks

  • @phillipshotrodgarage
    @phillipshotrodgarage 2 года назад

    Cool stuff Travis!

  • @Fjant
    @Fjant 2 года назад

    Great tip! I will definitely build one of these very soon.

  • @superhawk3057
    @superhawk3057 2 года назад

    Excellent tip this something my father would have invented. Work smarter

  • @joell439
    @joell439 2 года назад

    Great idea. 👍😎👍

  • @elmcityvintage
    @elmcityvintage 2 года назад

    Fantastic!!!!!

  • @davidspin5353
    @davidspin5353 9 месяцев назад

    So easy even a welder can do it!

  • @TheTubeTube2
    @TheTubeTube2 2 года назад

    What a great idea!

  • @tomwilkinson2184
    @tomwilkinson2184 2 года назад

    Cool, allows you to not leave the marks!

  • @johnkranz4004
    @johnkranz4004 2 года назад

    Great idea

  • @jumpsuite
    @jumpsuite 2 года назад

    Poor man's anvil is a must for the shope ya it all good.....

  • @richardm.gramling1772
    @richardm.gramling1772 Год назад

    Fluting pliers can be bought at Air Craft Spruce.

  • @mongrelmercury1016
    @mongrelmercury1016 2 года назад

    It's a great idea I just wonder if another style of plier would be better, the vise grips look a little awkward,maybe a small bolt cropper? Just a thought.

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      Yeah mess around, I just used what I had lying around

  • @Dad-jk2wd
    @Dad-jk2wd 2 года назад

    Very cool...

  • @carswithcrackers
    @carswithcrackers 2 года назад

    Eastwood sells a version of these. Yours probably require less cleanup though.

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад

      They copied me! Haha it’s probably the opposite lol

  • @robertbaker7913
    @robertbaker7913 4 месяца назад

    Hi, what gauge of sheet metal are you using? Thanks.

  • @fastback1245
    @fastback1245 2 года назад

    Great video I'm making one

  • @randomron67
    @randomron67 2 года назад

    Much love to AvE…..but ToT is the Sensei of metal magic!!!! Nice trick with what could be junk pliers. Would changing the diameter possibly change the effect?

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад +1

      I think it would be the same effect but it would also effect the time it takes to get your desired bend. I wouldn’t go any larger that what I used.

    • @tomwilkinson2184
      @tomwilkinson2184 2 года назад

      Nice addition to your shop ! Hey why not have everything at your disposal for shaping!! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @jimsloan8549
    @jimsloan8549 2 года назад

    Way Cool

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 2 года назад

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

  • @tradrodsandcustoms
    @tradrodsandcustoms 2 года назад

    Japhands made em

  • @tazgee6609
    @tazgee6609 2 года назад

    Travis, tell me the truth….Was this your idea or did you get this idea from Shepard??? 😁 🤔 😂 😉 Either way, it’s a “nifty” little tool!!!

    • @RACGARAGE
      @RACGARAGE  2 года назад +1

      I’ll be honest it was he bosses idea.... 😂

  • @5150Magic
    @5150Magic Год назад

    Dig the videos, BUT, please, please, please keep your welding hood far enough away from the arc/fume area because those gasses are going up under your head gear. Simply place your work piece slightly above the bottom of your gear at least a few more inches. Lot's of people that have had those gasses circulate under their hood are no longer with us. I'm far from a negative safety Nancy, just be smarter.