Putting together a cheap lamp? IвЂ™ll grab the Leatherman in my pocket. I use needle noses on a multitool to do things other than turn bolts more often, and when I do use a multitool on fasteners, itвЂ™s in circumstances where IвЂ™m not overly concerned about rounding said bolts. Crunch, or another multitool equipped with needle-nose pliers? Given that the purpose of a multitool is to help accomplish a wide variety of small tasks when a real tool kit may be inconvenient or impossible to access, IвЂ™d choose the needle-nose pliers since theyвЂ™re more versatile. That poses a question: Would I prefer to carry Mr. Could I have used a set of needle-nose pliers on another multitool? Probably, but I probably would have damaged the nut. CrunchвЂ™s parallel-action pliers reached in at an angle, and securely gripped the nut, allowing me to tighten it without rounding it. Because a cord ran through the nut, I was unable to get a socket over it, and the depression prevented me from accessing it with a straight-handled wrench. For example, a floor lamp connected its base to the upright stem with a nut recessed into a shallow depression. There, I found its unique ability to correctly grip bolts useful. Crunch tool to help assemble a bunch of furniture in my wifeвЂ™s new office. But one thing needle-nose pliers canвЂ™t do-even ones with serrated jaws-isВ effectively grip bolt heads without stripping them.ДЄ post shared by Wes Siler I used the new Mr.

They pull splinters, trim and strip wire, reach things in small places, undo overtightened knots, and help perform many other small tasks we ask our multitools to help with. One of the compromises he had to make was to ditch the complicated double plier setup in favor of the now ubiquitous needle noses.ДЄs we all know from using LeathermanвЂ™s multitools, and all the brandвЂ™s imitators, needle-nose pliers are an incredibly versatile, useful tool. Leatherman went back to the drawing board with a $25 price target, and removed features until he could reach it. And the catalogвЂ™s accountants thought that was too much money for an entirely new, totally unproven gadget. (Photo: Leatherman)Д«ut, by the time Leatherman convinced CabelaвЂ™s to order 500 of his multitools in 1983, those parallel-action pliers and other features added up to a tool that would have cost $40-equivalent to $113 today. When not in use, the parallel-action jaws folded seamlessly into the toolвЂ™s handles. Crunch the ability to grab a variety of other things, and to cut wire. And pairing them with the blunt noses still gave Mr.

Designed to more precisely grip square and hexagonal bolts and fittings of various sizes without rounding their corners or marring their finish, parallel-action pliers are an elegant, if complicated, solution. LeathermanвЂ™s original invention included a clever set of parallel-action pliers that slipped over stubby blunt-nose pliers. This week,В Leatherman finally released a real Mr. The tool that did-the now famous Pocket Survival Tool-was made less capable in order to appease retailers looking for something they could sell at a more affordableВ price. Crunch, it was supposed to give you a useful set of tools in a package small enough it could ride on your belt. Tim Leatherman first came up with the idea for a gadget heвЂ™d eventually call the multitool back in 1975.

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