ratbldr427
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2006
- Location
- jacksonville,fl.
Every time I'm around a store that sells tools I try to think if there is any thing I need.The only thing that keeps coming up is some some pliers to remove and install plastic air lines.
All the automotive ones I've seen just won't work for me as they have a fixed angle and the ends are just simi circular and require enough force to hold the tubing to damage it.
So the last time I had to do an air line replacement on one of our presses I had enough aggravation and as soon as I finished I stopped doing any else and set about to convert some cheap HF long nose pliers into something useful.
The tips are bored for 4mm 6mm & 8mm tubing.When gripping the tube squeezing harder holds whatever angle you need and releasing pressure allows to change when in use.Since the bores only have a few thou compression they won't damage the tube and will not slip.
On the presses they will save me about an hour just replacing one air line.I left the dies loose and use an o'ring to keep them from falling off.In case I want to make some different size dies I don't need to buy another set of pliers.Dies are made out of scrap hex conveyor shafts.
If I had seen some commercial ones like that I would have bought them.
All the automotive ones I've seen just won't work for me as they have a fixed angle and the ends are just simi circular and require enough force to hold the tubing to damage it.
So the last time I had to do an air line replacement on one of our presses I had enough aggravation and as soon as I finished I stopped doing any else and set about to convert some cheap HF long nose pliers into something useful.
The tips are bored for 4mm 6mm & 8mm tubing.When gripping the tube squeezing harder holds whatever angle you need and releasing pressure allows to change when in use.Since the bores only have a few thou compression they won't damage the tube and will not slip.
On the presses they will save me about an hour just replacing one air line.I left the dies loose and use an o'ring to keep them from falling off.In case I want to make some different size dies I don't need to buy another set of pliers.Dies are made out of scrap hex conveyor shafts.
If I had seen some commercial ones like that I would have bought them.