I bet I am the only one

[lowell holmes]

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]

Only 6? Rookie...:rolleyes:

[J. Greg Jones]

You are possibly the only one that has six... The norm is many more than that! :)

[Andrew Gibson]

You must not do much welding.

[Mike Lemon]

Vice Grip made wrenches?

[Ray Selinger]

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]

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]

I have at least 6 pairs but I have never bought any they just appear.

[Larry Frank]

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]

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]

I haven't done a *Vise Grip count* in a number of years, but I have well over 30 pairs. :p

[David Silverson]

Lee Valley sell a nifty holder for one that clamps to the bench.

[lowell holmes]

Only one time. :rolleyes:

[Andrew Seemann]

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]

At least six for me, though they're many styles! The needle nosed are some of the most useful.

[Jim Matthews]

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]

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]

I don't think I own even one.

[Tony Zaffuto]

Scrapers, beaders, whatever you call them, I just realized how many I have!

[Bill Houghton]

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]

When I was working in a machine shop,one of the machinist cursed Vise Grips.Sacrilege!!!