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From: needham@xn.ll.mit.edu (jim needham)
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Subject: Re: Parallel jaw pliers
Summary: Does anyone know what they were used for ?
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Date: 12 Oct 90 10:24:02 GMT
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In article <11443@spool.cs.wisc.edu> stuart@rennet.cs.wisc.edu (Stuart Friedberg) writes:
>I have been looking for a particular tool for YEARS and can no longer
>find one.  I'd be very grateful if someone out there could help me
>out.
>
>I'm looking for parallel jaw pliers.  The pairs I have had are the same
>general size and heft as lineman's pliers, but the jaws remain parallel
>through the action of an X-shaped linkage.  At least one pair I've had
>.....stuff deleted.......
>Stu Friedberg  (stuart@cs.wisc.edu)  608-238-3894

Hi Stu,

I was begining to think that this group was dead...

I use to have a pair of those, but havent seen them in years.

Do you or anyone else know what they were used for ?  Sometimes knowing
the trade that used them will help in finding them.  This applies to
any tools.

I find that tools that are made for a paticlar trade often are very
useful in another.

What do you do, if I may ask, and what do you use the parallel jaws
for ?

Jim Needham    617 981-2535    0600-1400 East Coast Time