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Subject: [Shop-talk] Tool APB: Rotating head pliers?
From: tputland at charter.net (Tim)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:46:34 -0500 (EST)
Yea, I'd say a photo from your dad would be a good starging point since 
what you describe sounds different than the starting pics Arvid posted.

Very curious now in WI

Tim


On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Shannah Miller wrote:

> Can he/you send a photo?  The closest thing I've been able
> to find is some pliers we have by Kobalt.
>
> Shannah
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM, David Hillman 
> <hillman at planet-torque.com>wrote:
>
>>   I'm trying to find a set of pliers, that I'm fairly sure exist. 
>> What I
>> need are pliers with the handle and jaws offset by 90 degrees.  In 
>> other
>> words, if the handle was oriented horizontally, the jaws would open 
>> or
>> close vertically.
>>
>>   I was on the phone with my father over the Holiday, telling him, 
>> and he
>> says "Oh I've got a set of those."  He claims my uncle gave him a set 
>> of
>> three such pliers, made by Husky Tools, for Christmas last year or 
>> maybe
>> the year before.  As he described them to me, the heads actually can 
>> be
>> rotated from zero to ninety degrees offset.  He was only able to find 
>> 2 of
>> the 3, and not the one I need (long nose)... plus he lives a thousand 
>> miles
>> away, so borrowing them is not convenient.
>>
>>   This was a good lead, though, so I searched Home Depot's site, and 
>> also
>> Google'd for such Husky pliers.  Both failed to turn up anything.
>>
>>   Anyone know where I can buy such a tool?
>>
>>   Thanks.
>>
>> --
>>  David Hillman
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