These pliers can hold anything from nuts to bolts to heavy-duty equipment. Tongue and Groove: adjustable pliers used to maintain a firm and safe grip while turning and holding nuts and bolts. These pliers are commonly used in various industries, from plumbing to electrical work. 

What are adjustable locking pliers useful for?

Locking pliers can be used to handle materials whenever it would be awkward or uncomfortable to grip them directly, for instance when working with heat or maneuvering small components into position for gluing or soldering.

What is adjustable plier?

adjustable pliers pl (plural only) A type of pliers used by plumbers that can be quickly changed in size and is primarily used for tightening nuts on water pipes.

What are the adjustable pliers called?

Because of their large jaw capacity—more than 2 inches for a pair of 10-inch pliers—adjustable pliers (a.k.a. water pump pliers or Channellocks, a trademarked name) are excellent for a wide range of uses like tightening the under-sink plumbing, installing a new toilet, or adjusting your garage doors.
 

What is a set of pliers used for?

Pliers are made in a variety of different sizes and shapes, for many different uses. There are those designed for gripping objects like rods or pipes, as well as those for gripping and twisting wires, as well as cutting pliers designed for cutting hard wire.
 

How do you use self adjusting pliers?

Quote from video: Than the conventional adjustable pliers the only knob that you need to worry about is the pressure control knob you said it'd be a good pressure turn it one way for more pressure.

What are the 5 types of pliers?

Table of Contents

• Slip Joint Pliers.
• Water-Pump Pliers (Tongue-and-Groove Pliers)
• Locking Pliers.
• Linesman’s Pliers.
• Cutting Pliers.
• Needle Nose Pliers.

How do you adjust adjustable pliers?

Quote from video: Which is adjustable by turning this thread in here. So as I turn this it increases the angle and that makes it tighter. If I unscrewed the fastener at the end it becomes slacker like that.

What are the applications of different types of pliers?

10 Standard Types of Pliers

• Water-pump Pliers – for Plumbing Applications.
• Diagonal Pliers – for Cutting Tasks.
• Locking Pliers – for Hands-free Object Tightening.
• Crimping Pliers – for Crimping Complex Electric Applications.
• Wire Strippers – for Cutting or Removing Insulation of Wire.

 

What are the three kinds of pliers?

Types of Pliers

• Flat Nose Pliers. At Maun, our ‘original’ parallel plier is the flat nose parallel plier .
• Smooth Jaw Pliers. Then there’s the smooth jaws parallel plier .
• Jewellery Pliers.
• Clamping Pliers.
• Cutting Pliers.
• Specialist Pliers.

 

Which type of pliers is useful for locking onto an object?

Locking Pliers



These adjustable pliers are designed to be used as a hand-held vice or clamp that locks firmly onto a workpiece. Also called plier wrenches, lever-wrench pliers, and by the proprietary name Vicegrips, they have a double-lever action.