"What's the difference, pliers or pliers?"
The other day I was making a chain-link fence from a mesh and, in order to pull it well, I called my neighbor for help (Mikhalych is a very good man and is always ready to help). In the process, he asked to give him pliers. "Mikhalych, these are pliers, not pliers!" - I said, handing him the tool. "What's the difference, pliers or pliers? Are they somehow different?"- asked the neighbor. Well, he had to clearly show how they differ. I went to the workshop and got a pair of pliers. "Here, look carefully! Now you will understand how these tools differ, "I said, handing him the pliers and pliers.
In fact, not many people know how pliers differ from pliers and these tools are often confused with each other. Even the manufacturers themselves often indicate on the packaging that this is the same instrument.. Here is a good example of such an error.
Yes, pliers and pliers are very similar to each other, but they have a number of significant differencesand, in order to understand them, let's take a closer look at these tools.
Pliers
Pliers are a versatile tool that can do a variety of tasks. Pliers are most often found in hardware stores. The photo below shows standard pliers..
Pliers
Pliers have limited functionality and are not suitable for all types of work. Because of this, they are very difficult to find in the store and I think that they will soon be out of use altogether. This is what classic pliers look like..
What do pliers and pliers have in common?
Pliers, like pliers, have corrugated jaws that grip flat metal parts. The only difference is that with pliers, these lips are slightly longer.
Also, pliers and pliers have a cutting edge with which you can bite wires and wires made of soft metals (copper, aluminum, etc.)
This is where their similarities end. Now let's move on to the differences.
How are pliers different from pliers?
1. The first thing that pliers differ from pliers is their handles. For pliers, they are necessarily rubberized, so they can be used in electrical installation work. Plier handles can be made from any other material.
2. The pliers have side cutting edges (side cutters), with which you can cut through hard steel wires up to 4 mm thick. Pliers do not have this option.
3. The last and most important difference between pliers and pliers lies in their name. The very word "pliers" came to us from the French language and literally it translates as: "to clamp the rod". The pliers on the jaws necessarily have grooved notches that serve to grip round parts. For pliers, these grooves are missing.