08-10-2012, 07:36 AM
(08-10-2012, 01:05 AM)TOM REED Wrote: I bought 3 sizes of the same tool from the individual that was first out with them, I gave one to my nephew carry the stainless one you pictured in my truck and have the large model and another same as pictured in the shop at home. They are a nice little tool, very handy at times. I was not so cheap as to not pay the fellow for his development. m Just google wire clamp tool and you will find lots of info. tom
With all due respect, I take offense to your characterization of me as cheap. For one thing, those tools have been around for years. In my search for the article about building one, I ran across an reference in a 1951 issue of Popular Mechanics where a guy built one. But it didn't include plans. So I don't know who you bought 3 from, but most likely, you paid a guy that stole the idea from someone else. For another thing, cheapness has noting to to with it. I'll probably have more invested with time and materials that the $30 they cost to buy. But that's not really what this hobby is about is it? If we all just bought the tools we wanted, why bother owning a lathe or mill? You could just buy what you want to build, or pay a machine shop to do it. I suppose you've never made a tool just for the fun or experience?
My tool collection is meager compared to many of yours. But I have upwards of $30,000 worth of tools in my shop that I've been collecting sine I was a teenager. They are for my hobby. I wonder why a cheap guy would spend so much on tools? To make things he could easily buy from others.