was just searching these this evening. I think where the locking pliers will shine more is when you need to put that screw through a bench grinder or belt grinder. A solid hold on it while you clean rust off with a wire wheel, polisher or resize or resharpen the fastener. That hold without having to use your grip is gonna help a lot in terms of how you can position and do the work. I find myself doing that type of thing a lot, in fact more often than screw extraction lately.

@drengskap

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You're right, I often use locking pliers to hold screws and small parts up to a bench grinder or wire wheel - it's a real finger-saver!

@FlyNRyanfpv

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Great for fabricating as well, a great had free hold for grinding, and welding.

I was able to get those engineers on the tiniest stripped screw inside of a carburetor 3 days after I bought it. Love it when the tool has already paid for itself immediately.

I found that one of the best "screw extractors" is an electric drill with a good chuck. This will work if the screw head is at least 1/4" above the surface of the surface. To make this work, I position the drill chuck over the screw and tighten the chuck as best I can. I then operate the drill at a very slow speed in the left turn or loosen mode. This will also work if the head of the screw is broken but the remaining part of the screw must have ample height and girth.

Theres nothing nicer than a brand new, quality pair of vise grips

@TylerSnyder305

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Oh yes there is ! A brand new pair of Malco eagle grips are 1000× nicer.

@svn5994

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@@TylerSnyder305You just rewrote OP's comment.

@TylerSnyder305

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@@svn5994 no I didn't, there's a difference!

About locking pliers in general they are a must have. I had a trailer door problem and was able to keep it on for 700 miles with bad truck stop locking pliers. I learned my lesson and always keep them around now

Excellent review!

Hello again Doc Thank you for another Great Video 👍 I brought into the Vampliers line of tools maybe five years ago. At the time they did not have the locking pliers. Even the non- locking pliers work 👌 I will have to check them out. Again thank you 😊

You read my mind! I was looking at these

Vamplier and Engineer are the same brand; Vamplier is just the brand sold to the states. Also the newer Snap On ones are actually Malco Eagle grips which are made in the same factory vise grip used to have in Nebraska; and the Malco ones are about $20-30 less expensive than the ones with Snap On's logo written in crayon. (If you buy a Snap On pair, you're kind of a sucker)

Don't think locking pliers (known in the UK as Mole Grips, after a brand name) have ever been the solution to any problem I've had 😲 So perhaps I've not broken enough things! 🙂 My sister's first husband used a pair as a makeshift foot lever when the gear lever fell off his 1960s BSA motorbike, but other failures made him abandon the 300 mile journey. I've got a pair of combination screw-extraction pliers in the post thanks to your vids - their first task will be the hinges on a built-in cupboard, with very painted-over screws.

Never had much luck when using vise grips for screw extraction. Especially when going from the top. Sideways will occasionally work though

I wish there was a tool that was a small V with serrated edges inside that can then be tightened on the stripped screw head by having a third serrated edge pressed in by an adjustable thumb screw so that the tool forms a tight triangle around the stripped screw head giving three points of contact. Then the triangle could be turned like a knob to loosen the screw.

can you do a review on your watch

You should review some Fireball Tools

I wonder how vise grips compare to Knipex Twin Grip pliers (82 01or 02 200 series of tools)?

It’s not a specialized screw extractor, but the Leatherman Crunch is a very compact way to add vice grips to the tool belt. It’s pricey, but the fold-out design is impressive.

@cgtbrad

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I had some that I loved and lost them to an airport TSA. They’re discontinued and the eBay prices have skyrocketed. Sure wish they’d bring them back!

@FreedomFox1

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@@cgtbrad Discontinuation ended up being a rumor. They’re still making them, but there’s been lots of availability issues.

@cgtbrad

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@@FreedomFox1 I see now that Leatherman has them back on their site! Yet, there are still people paying outrageous prices on eBay! 🙄

@FreedomFox1

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@@cgtbrad Yup, Ebay gonna Ebay

I don't think you are using these tools for how they are designed. I think these are more designed for removing a screw after the head has broken off. It's meant to grab the shaft of the screw. In which case I think they would work very good. Also when there is almost nothing to grab a pair of flush cutting pliers will bite into the shaft or head and almost always allow you to slowly back it out. Just don't squeeze too hard and cut off head.

I've had good luck with the Engineer pliers, EXCEPT the jaws don't seem to be as hard as I would have expected. I have a crappy old pair of Harbor Freight screw extracting pliers with weird jaws, but those things are HARD, and after 30+ years, they're unmarked, whereas I've had to replace the Engineer pliers fairly quickly (a year or two). However, I'd much rather use the Engineer pliers, as they work better, until the teeth rub off, while it's often hard to get a grip with the HF pliers (and hard to maintain a grip once you have it). I've wondered about taking cheap pliers with hard jaws and a Mototool and making new teeth - anybody ever try that?

The standard Engineer pliers are made in Japan, where are the locking pliers from Vampliers/ Engineer made?

"death" pliers here in Serbia. I love them.

👍👍

@lastbesttool

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How is it going? When will we see some new content on your channel?

I'd rather just get a pair of Eagle grips because they're the best locking pliers money can buy, and have a seperate pair of screw extracting pliers. Especially over buying these,because they're made in Taiwan and locking pliers are one tool I just don't think Taiwan is really willing to make well. Taiwanese locking pliers are either very inexpensive and lower quality or more expensive because they have some kind of gimmick or just brand name attached to them.

Engineer PZ-67 ...

Some locking pliers will grab a screw and pull it out but not nearly as well as the Engineer or Vampliers brand non-locking pliers... you're better off just getting a set of the Engineers or Vampliers pliers and calling it a day...🖐

Isn't every one of these folded steel with rivets?

@TylerSnyder305

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Yes but some are thicker steel with hot forged rivets, like the Malco eagle grips or original US made Peterson Vise Grips.

The “snap on” usa is just a malco eagle grip that are rebranded.

@TylerSnyder305

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Yes, and they're the best money can buy. If the only way to buy them eas off a snapon truck nobody would complain, but they are cheaper OEM and unless you need the convenience of the truck I would certainly just buy the original eagle grips.

I worry about China knocking off Japanese tools