Nothing works in DIY without pliers. It doesn't have to be the entire range shown here, but depending on the task, you can have a few specialists – in addition to three standard pliers – to ease the work.
The man needs three pliers (and of course the woman too), in order to be prepared for all eventualities in the household: the conventional pincers 7, a water pump pliers 1 and combination pliers 2. Where these three fail or their skills are insufficient, that's where the specialists come into play.
GRIPPING PLIERS
The pliers of 1 to 6 serve to grasp and hold. They differ mainly in the shape of the jaws and their size. The water pump pliers 1 is adjustable in the mouth opening and grips everything between 1 and 35 mm. Due to the leverage of the long handles, these pliers have good power transmission. The combination pliers 2 can cut soft wire, Grab nuts and bolts in the recess and flat-nose pliers are at the top.
The gripping surfaces are serrated and give a good grip, but can leave traces on soft metals.
The other pliers have flat tips 3, round 4, angled tip and pointed jaws. With pointed and additionally angled jaws you can reach hard-to-reach places.
The jaws of flat-nose pliers with hose ends are suitable, For example, to change sensitive halogen lamps.
KNIFE- AND CLIPPERS
The pliers in this group are characterized by sharp and hard cutting edges. The simple nippers 7 is mainly used for pulling out nails. The end cutter 8 has a different leverage effect compared to the pincers and is more efficient at pinching. The monier pliers 9 use concrete workers when creating reinforcement. Cables and wires are best cut with a wire cutter 10. plastic- and rubber profiles as well as thin strips cut through the miter scissors 11 at right angles or at an angle of 45 °.
ELECTROZANGEN
Some examples of this group of pliers can only be used for one task. During the side cutter 17 cuts all kinds of wire and rope, is the wire sleeve pliers 19 only to be used for pressing these sleeves onto flexible cable ends. With needle-nose pliers 18 For example, cable cores can be tamed in the smallest of spaces or the remains of incandescent lamps twisted out of the socket. A side cutter is too small for strong cables. The cable shears 20 creates a diameter of up to 25 mm. The next pliers are intended for stripping cable cores, 21 for low voltage cables up to 0,6 qmm and 22 for cable cores up to 6 qmm.
SANITARY TONGS
"Girl for everything", also in the sanitary area, is the water pump pliers 12, which are available in many designs and sizes. With it are screw connections, Sleeves and screws turned, and it is considered a universal holding forceps. Die Siphonzange 13 is specially designed for screw connections on drainage pipes. The faucet key 14 has smooth cheeks, so that it does not leave any traces on chrome fittings. The jaws are guided in parallel and their distance can be adjusted using a spindle. Screwed pipe connections are moved with pipe wrenches 15 +16 to body. They can also be adjusted using a spindle. There are differently shaped jaws and pliers sizes for different workpieces.
GLASS- AND TILE PLIERS
Sensitive glass and tongs made of steel, that doesn't fit together and sounds like broken pieces. And so it is. Glass-breaking pliers 31 + 32 deliberately make broken pieces. With them you break narrow ones, Cut off the pre-scored glass strips with a glass cutter. The pliers are available for different glass thicknesses. Parrot beak pliers are used to nibble out holes in tiles 29. With the tile breaking pliers 30 you divide pre-scored tiles.
SPECIAL PLIERS
The pliers wrench 23 can be done on wrench sizes (Distance between the jaws) to 60 Set mm. With an optimal frictional connection, screws can then, Nuts or workpieces with parallel outer contours are held. For turning wing nuts (for example when installing a toilet seat) and wing screws is the pliers
24 thought. With the help of the pliers 25 you can punch a hole in soft material and press in a brass eyelet. A rotating disc with six punched tubes makes these pliers 26 for punching soft materials, for example on belts. Grip songs 28 are roughly preset to the material thickness, attached and the workpiece clamped. Spring circlips are set and removed with special pliers 27 (Photo above left).