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[Shop-talk] Tool APB: Rotating head pliers?

Subject: [Shop-talk] Tool APB: Rotating head pliers?
From: shannahquilts at gmail.com (Shannah Miller)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:52:36 -0800
References: <4cd656b.75bff.1346627229a.Webtop.47@charter.net> <4EF3411F.5010005@comcast.net> <6.2.5.6.1.20111222100139.04e07960@cox.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112271634530.57803@itonami.pair.com>
Can he/you send a photo?  The closest thing I've been able
to find is some pliers we have by Kobalt.

Shannah

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM, David Hillman <hillman at 
planet-torque.com>wrote:

>   I'm trying to find a set of pliers, that I'm fairly sure exist.  What I
> need are pliers with the handle and jaws offset by 90 degrees.  In other
> words, if the handle was oriented horizontally, the jaws would open or
> close vertically.
>
>   I was on the phone with my father over the Holiday, telling him, and he
> says "Oh I've got a set of those."  He claims my uncle gave him a set of
> three such pliers, made by Husky Tools, for Christmas last year or maybe
> the year before.  As he described them to me, the heads actually can be
> rotated from zero to ninety degrees offset.  He was only able to find 2 of
> the 3, and not the one I need (long nose)... plus he lives a thousand miles
> away, so borrowing them is not convenient.
>
>   This was a good lead, though, so I searched Home Depot's site, and also
> Google'd for such Husky pliers.  Both failed to turn up anything.
>
>   Anyone know where I can buy such a tool?
>
>   Thanks.
>
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>  David Hillman
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