[Shop-talk] Tool APB: Rotating head pliers?

[hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011, Scott wrote:
> I'm having a hard time imagining how a set of pliers like that would work. 
> You'd need a cam to offset the force 90 degrees, but you'd also need 
> something stationary for the cam to rest on. I'd like to see the pics of your 
> dad's set(s).

    I can't either... I was pretty stunned when my father claimed to have 
one.

> Having said all that, any tutorials you have on how you got to be 
> just...incredible at Sketchup would be much appreciated.  I've followed all 
> the Google ones and even if I could produce that (I can't) it'd take me 
> months to even get close.

    Actually, I suck with Sketchup... all I did was download a "plier" 
object, and rotate the jaws ninety degrees.  I too am blown away by the 
amount of time some people must be spending with that application.

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  David Hillman