Timeline for What is this tool called and what is it used for?
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| Dec 13, 2023 at 13:08 | comment | added | FreeMan | Yay! random down vote, even though this answer says exactly what all the other answers say and they didn't get random down votes. Seems personal... sigh | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 16:22 | comment | added | Aleks G | +1 for the "launch the ring to wherever it is that small parts go to die" part :) | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 16:05 | comment | added | computercarguy | @FreeMan, lol! Looking at them again, they have different angles and different lengths of jaws to get into different areas. I think these are the ones I have, but IDK where mine are, as usual. ;-) harborfreight.com/… And I think I have about 5 different 10mm sockets, cause they keep going missing, too. | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 16:01 | comment | added | FreeMan | You have 10mm socketed snap-ring pliers, @computercarguy? :D | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 15:56 | comment | added | computercarguy | @J..., not all snap-ring pliers have that feature. I have a (cheap) set that have two different handsets for inside vs outside rings. They also have removable tips for different sizes/styles of ring. They also have a tendency to be "missing" when I need them, like most tools. :-) | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 13:12 | comment | added | J... | @FreeMan More precisely, snap rings are a specific type of circlip. All snap rings are circlips but not all circlips are snap rings. | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 0:14 | comment | added | FreeMan | @gidds they are similar. From your link it appears that "snap rings" have holes for installation, while "circlips" do not. | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 21:25 | comment | added | gidds | Are those the same as circlip pliers? | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 21:20 | comment | added | J... | The other thing that's unique about snap-ring pliers is that there's a slider to invert the motion for inside vs outside rings. Inside rings you want the pins to come together as you squeeze to pinch the ring out from the inside of a tube. Outside rings you want the pins to open as you squeeze so you can slip the ring off of the outside of a tube. The little lever on the tool inverts the behaviour so that you have [Squeeze=Open] and [Squeeze=Close] | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 14:14 | history | edited | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2020 at 12:42 | history | answered | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |