Pliers Types

Types of Pliers:

8 Major Types of Pliers:

1.     Slip Joint Pliers

2.     Tongue and Groove Pliers

3.     Locking Pliers

4.     Lineman’s Pliers

5.     Cutting Pliers

6.     Wire Strippers

7.     Needle Nose Pliers

8.     Fencing Pliers

1.     Slip Joint Pliers:

 Slip Joint Pliers

This tool gets its name from; you guessed it, its slip joint. Rather than pivoting from a hard and fast rivet, these sorts of pliers feature an adjustable pivot point that permits the 2 pieces of the pliers to shift, extending the range of the jaws. Slip joint pliers can grip materials of varying thickness.

The jaws of the slip joint will generally contains two parts. At the mouth, the jaws have a flat, serrated texture to assist with gripping flat surfaces. Behind those, the jaws typically curve bent grip rounded surfaces, like pipes and rods.

These are a number of your more “general purpose” sorts of pliers and are quite common in tool sets. They work well during a sort of gripping applications, but counting on your particular pliers’ features, can find some usefulness bending and holding, crimping metal, looping wire, and cutting wire and soft nails. In a pinch, you might use them for loosening and tightening nuts. Ultimately, slip joint pliers are really handy tools to possess around.

2.     Tongue and Groove Pliers:

 Tongue and Groove Pliers

Tongue and groove pliers operate an equivalent principle because the slip joints such a lot in order that they’re probably actually a subset of that category instead of a completely separate one. Known also as water-pump pliers, multi-grips, or Channellocks (a proprietary brand name), these sorts of pliers find the bulk of their use in plumbing applications. These sorts of pliers even have an adjustable pivot, although a tongue and groove’s will adjust an entire lot quite an error joint’s.

3.     Locking Pliers:

 Locking Pliers

Locking pliers work well for clamping down on things; especially during those times when having both hands free is useful. They have a double-lever action that permits them to act as a hand-held vise – hence the name Vise-Grips (a proprietary name from Irwin Tools) that the majority people use for them. The jaws on this type of pliers close like you expect from any set of pliers, but with the added benefit of locking down with much greater pressure. Locking pliers release their hold once a lever on the handle gets triggered. You can adjust the jaw width by dialing a screw drive at the top of the handle.

4.     Lineman’s Pliers:

 Lineman's Pliers

Lineman’s pliers or electrician’s pliers, side cutting pliers, or Kleins – hinge at a group pivot point. The jaws have the flat front with shallow serrations for gripping flat objects, and which also allow electricians to twist wires together. Right behind the front of the jaws, these sorts of pliers include side cutters that allow the user to chop wires. Even though they typically have dipped handles, most aren’t insulated and you shouldn’t work on live connections with them.

5.     Cutting Pliers:

 Cutting Pliers

Cutting pliers or diagonal cutting pliers are a staple in electrical tool bags. They feature a comparatively short jaw set that angles faraway from the handles. The cutting knives reach the ideas and provides you the power to accurately snip wires that are during a crowded gang box or maybe cut small nails and screws. Some feature a extended handle to urge additional leverage.

6.     Wire Strippers:

 Wire Strippers

No electrician worth his salary are going to be caught dead without an honest set of wire strippers. In its most elementary form, it'll usually include wire cutting blades to chop an equivalent wire gauges because the strippers holes cover along side a crimping tip.

Wire strippers work by supplying you with cutting edges during a circular or elliptical shape to chop through just the insulation and leave bare wire once you pull the insulation off. Each hole gets a mark with the wire size it corresponds to.

Wire strippers and crimpers are the foremost common candidate as a multi-tool for the electrician. Several companies take the essential flat steel design and work with a more robust design within the sort of needle nose pliers. You’ll see additional features inherit play like screw shears, moving the crimper between the handles rather than the jaw tip, a blunt tip to grab, twist, and pull wire, and wire benders. These are popular thanks to the very fact that they typically do all of their jobs also because the individual tools can.

7.     Needle Nose Pliers:

 Needle Nose Pliers

Needle nose pliers will have a extended jaw that tapers right down to some extent. These sorts of pliers work well for more delicate tasks or jobs that require to be wiped out smaller spaces. Bending wires, holding fittings, placing fasteners, and even cutting, needle nose pliers do tons of labor that a more heavy-duty plier won't shine at .

Needle nose pliers also use a group pivot point. The jaws typically have a knurled surface, also as side cutters. You can also find models that have their tips bent to 45° and 90° if you would like access to awkward spaces.

8.     Fencing Pliers:

 Fencing Pliers

When you’re watching differing types of pliers, fencing pliers appear as if the red-headed stepchild of the group. It’s like someone gave a hammer two thin handles and stuck a pivot point for no particular reason. Realistically, the planning is extremely intentional and it’s another multi-function tool.

The hammer shape really is for hammering staples into wooden fencing. Moving across to the highest, you'll grab a staple with the pincers at the highest to get rid of it just in case it’s easier than getting the spike on the opposite side to do the job.

 Under the pincers, the funky slot shapes offer you the power to grab and twist various wire gauges to attach fencing wire. Often, the within of the handles slightly below the jaw having knurling that also allows you to grab and twist wire. Built into the sides are wire cutters.