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The Right Tool For the Job

12 July, 2008 (05:16) | Lab Stories

There’s always a right tool for the job, or so some people say. It has been observed that vice grips are never the right tool for the job, but they are indispensable because they are the wrong tool for so many jobs.

(tightening a screw in a tight space with a phillips bit held by vice grips)

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Comments

Comment from ecoli
Time: July 12, 2008, 12:28 pm

heh. .. it’s funny because its true.

Comment from Cap’n Refsmmat
Time: July 12, 2008, 11:32 pm

I’ve had jobs where vice grips are indeed useful — mainly with my trebuchet’s 50-pound Bucket O’ Lead counterweight that likes to rip straight off the trebuchet. Bending the support metal back in place takes a bit of force.