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lowell holmes
04-09-2019, 2:57 PM
that has a toolbox with six vise grip wrenches.
Down through the years, if I needed one and could not find it, I would go buy one.
It is embarressing.
steven c newman
04-09-2019, 3:02 PM
Only 6? Rookie...:rolleyes:
J. Greg Jones
04-09-2019, 3:35 PM
You are possibly the only one that has six... The norm is many more than that! :)
Andrew Gibson
04-09-2019, 4:59 PM
You must not do much welding.
Mike Lemon
04-09-2019, 5:11 PM
Vice Grip made wrenches?
Ray Selinger
04-09-2019, 5:42 PM
When I was working in a machine shop,one of the machinist cursed Vise Grips . He was Swedish, I reminded him a Swedish blacksmith in the States had invented them. I don't remember the answer.
Jim Koepke
04-09-2019, 6:18 PM
When I was working in a machine shop,one of the machinist cursed Vise Grips .
In the hands of the uneducated they can do a lot of damage.
jtk
Jerome Sidley
04-09-2019, 7:14 PM
I have at least 6 pairs but I have never bought any they just appear.
Larry Frank
04-09-2019, 8:01 PM
The inventor was William S. Petersen who lived in DeWitt, Nebraska. My dad was a steel salesman and frequently met with Petersen and sold steel to him.
Mike Manning
04-09-2019, 8:51 PM
I have at least 6 pairs but I have never bought any they just appear.
Spend much time in Lowell's shop? ;0)
Steve Clardy
04-09-2019, 9:46 PM
I haven't done a *Vise Grip count* in a number of years, but I have well over 30 pairs. :p
David Silverson
04-09-2019, 9:53 PM
Lee Valley sell a nifty holder for one that clamps to the bench.
lowell holmes
04-09-2019, 11:10 PM
Only one time. :rolleyes:
Andrew Seemann
04-10-2019, 12:22 AM
I don't have six in one tool box (well I don't think I do), but if I were to count all the vise-grips in all boxes and drawers, and walls . . . .
Just don't bring up hammers or screwdrivers. That gets over a dozen in a single drawer(s) really quick. And not counting other boxes or drawers or walls.
Tony Zaffuto
04-10-2019, 6:29 AM
At least six for me, though they're many styles! The needle nosed are some of the most useful.
Jim Matthews
04-10-2019, 8:22 AM
Welcome to the "No thirteenth" fun.
When I can't find an often used tool, shop cleaning is due.
Same applies for having a "path" through the shop.
If I'm forced to leave a room, to turn a board around - cleanup time follows.
For me, it's hammers.
Andrew Pitonyak
04-10-2019, 2:24 PM
that has a toolbox with six vise grip wrenches.
Down through the years, if I needed one and could not find it, I would go buy one.
It is embarressing.
Nope, it is just you...... Pencils, tape measures, or almost anything else, yep....... :D
Jason Martin Winnipeg
04-10-2019, 11:58 PM
I don't think I own even one.
Tony Zaffuto
04-11-2019, 7:15 AM
Scrapers, beaders, whatever you call them, I just realized how many I have!
Bill Houghton
04-11-2019, 1:03 PM
Seven, although not all in one toolbox, unless you count the clamps, in which case it gets up to ten.
Back when I was young and had clapped-out cars and other machines but limited tools, I could not have survived without Vise Grips. It's been an interesting irony that my acquisition of tooling and the newness of my mechanical possessions have moved together. Now that I have enough tools to carry out extensive repairs, I'm much less likely to need to make extensive repairs, and my actual use of Vise Grips these days is probably about 1% of what it was 30 and 40 years ago.
Kurtis Johnson
04-12-2019, 8:55 PM
When I was working in a machine shop,one of the machinist cursed Vise Grips.Sacrilege!!!
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