Pliers and side cutters
Pliers and side cutters
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Hi, there.
I have to import some handy tools from China; what should I look for?
How can I distinguish a good qaulity pliers, side cutters and screwdrivers from a bad quality? What are the main characteristics I should pay attention to?
Many thanks.
I have to import some handy tools from China; what should I look for?
How can I distinguish a good qaulity pliers, side cutters and screwdrivers from a bad quality? What are the main characteristics I should pay attention to?
Many thanks.





RE: Pliers and side cutters
I bet "cheap" is your real concern..and now you want "high quality cheap" stuff. Good luck..
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If you've got some budget, and I imagine that you do because China is not going to sell small quantities, send a sample or two to a metallurgical lab for alloy composition and hardness testing.
My first reaction is along the same lines of mcgyvr, though.
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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mcgyvr, yes, I'm looking for non-expensive tools. I have Knipex pliers in the store with 1 cm dust on it.
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B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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I gave you a star. Sorry it was only one and red not gold.
Yours is an incredibly important point.
I ordered some parts with a tolerance of 0.250" -0.00" / +0.004"
Samples were good. Production parts were + / - 0.015" with huge variances in all dimensions.
Apparently it is common practice to hand sort sample parts.
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
RE: Pliers and side cutters
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.