3 MISTAKES We Make Using Pipe Wrenches & Channel Locks
We’ve all used channel locks and probably pipe wrenches too, but too many of us are making simple mistakes! #diy #plumbing #oops
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The piece making contact with the back of the hook jaw is actually incorrect per Ridgid tool company. All else is legit though.
Do one on Vice-grips!
Wish I had a father that taught me the basics🤣 YouTube is my father
Everything thing was correct except the crescent wrench, you had it backwards 😢
Thank you so much for this video – I couldn’t remove the hoses from my washing machine – watched your video and – what a difference!- easily loosened just like you said! The 3 point contact was especially helpful!!!
I would argue that the slip joint pliers should have been opened one more slot 🙂 They should be adjusted so that the handles are as close to parallel as possible.
It’s important to always give your wrench 1/4 turn backwards in order to engage the super secret locking mode those fat cats in Washington don’t want you to know about.
I love how in the first example of using an adjustable wrench to loosen a nut, he uses it in the wrong direction.
This is just like a kindergarten class
That is not a slip joint plier.
Another reason not to use wrenches backward is that it’s putting stress in the wrong place on the tool.
You put the adjustable wrench on the nut backwards. When using it the way you did, If you have to use a lot of force it tends to push the jaws apart and increases the chance of rounding off the nut. The handle is at an angle to the jaws for a reason. Wrong about the pipe wrench as well. You want two points of contact to take advantage of the leverage to improve the grip. Take the jaw out of the wrench and you will find a little spring inside the wrench. Put your thinking cap on and tell us why they did that. For a quick lesson in leverage try to use the channel locks backwards.
Good job on the video. The adjustable wrench you used is designed with directional use also.
You used the wrench backwards when you loosened the nut. You have maximum turning and force applied when turning.
Dude, I couldn’t watch your video because how can you teach somebody when you don’t know!!!
You grabbed the adjustable wrench and use the wrong!!!!
Better luck next time!!!
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@LRN2DIY Your first mistake was also using the adjustable Crescent BACKWARDS at 1:13 in video. If you use the crescent wrench the way you did you put stress on the weakest part of the tool the adjustable section instead of the stronger part the solid part made directly to the handle.
A plumber friend said that slip joint pliers have a locking feature that he never demonstrated. The only time they ever locked for me was when the cheap ones popped out of their own groove under pressure.
So many things to point out here. Mostly that if people don’t know the proper way to use a wrench then they probably shouldn’t be attempting home repairs. Diy people need to enroll in an apprenticeship program not run to the nearest home center to gain advice from people that don’t know their names without looking at their name tags!
Our Maintenance crew once got some instruction from a safety engineer about the safe use of handtools. We were told that, when using tongue and groove piers, we should always adjust the handles such that we have the minimal spread between them that still gets a grip on the fastener. To use them with the grips spread too far apart, as you did when demonstrating them, can cause damage to the tendons and ligaments in the palm. He also recommended that, when forced to PUSH on an open end wrench, pipe wrench, or adjustable Cresent-style wrench, it is best to do it with an open palm. If the wrench slips or the fastener suddenly breaks free you are less likely to bust your knuckles if you aren’t wrapping your fingers around the wrench’s handle. It is also preferred to PULL on a wrench when possible because the bicep will be doing the work and your whole body won’t go flying backwards if the wrench slips, for instance. Shoving on a wrench sort of requires leaning your whole body weight into it and you can tumble forward if the wrench slips. These aren’t hard and fast "rules" for using the tools, just the things that we were asked to keep in mind when we worked.
Also known as water pumb pliers
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Anyone that stupid shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near tools.
It’s almost impossible to use a pipe wrench in the wrong direction. An adjustable can brake if used in the wrong direction or strip the nut.
There’s no such thing as channellocks. They’re called adjustable pliers, and besides the name is called Channellock.
FYI stopped watching at1:22 you’re using the adjustable wrench backward
Excellent video thank you very much
You may want to get a full education before you start teaching the “rights” and “wrongs” of using tools. There should always be 3 points of contact if you’re using the wrench “correctly”.
putting a boxed end wrench on a fitting to hold the valve from turning is not the right approach, using an open end or adjustable wrench on the back side of the valve is the right way if you notice the valve is shaped to hold to hold a wrench. if that valve was on really tight, you could break the smaller fitting off. he does have some info to follow but some not so good.
I came to be informed and the very first thing you did was use the adjustable wrench the wrong way, how can I trust anything else?
Or a vacum cleaner a Hoover
And he used the Crescent wrench the wrong way. Lol
Why does it seem to me that everyone in these comments has never used a wrench? A simple wrench is angled. In a tight space with few degrees of rotation available the way the wrench faces matters because it will sit differently on the work. Also, adjustable wrenches shouldn’t be adjustable by the work itself. Yours may be busted.
-EDCs 4” adjustable wrench and knipex raptor pliers..
Just go use one for yourself. I’m wrong 😂
Thx! Immediately helped
Great info, thanks.
As a retired, professional remodeler, my master plumber (of 40 years) called the adjustable wrench "parrot-nose pliers"😄
Great Video with history of the tool inventor for the pipe wrench! Dig this video!!!
These” and “those” are for more than one. The word one means only one. So, it is completely wrong to say these ones. You should not say “I like these ones.” Or “I like those ones.” It is okay to say, “I like this one.” and “I like the red ones.” Use an adjective to describe the object.💥
You need to go into how to properly hold the wrenches.
I’ve literally never seen anyone ever use a pipe wrench backwards… at least outside of these videos inventing issues that don’t occur. lol maybe someone…
looking at the comments it’s actually 5 mistakes "we" make it’s refreshing to see that when someone points out something that you could have improved on you’re able to thank them, you deserve praise for your humility ! so many you tubers lack that !!
I’ll I got to say is Knipex.
Thanks for the tips. God bless.
The most perfect video on this topic. I can’t thank you enough for this informative video.
As a 38 year veteran of the fire sprinkler trade (We use wrenches!) I wanted to critique your show but… I got bored. So I’ll just comment on your shirt. MY motto was always: "Measure twice, cut three times!" 😎
Let’s call this one for beginners only!
3 points of contact is so far down the things of importance. Great video about the other 2!
Good video. We all hate adjustable wrenches , but we all have therm and we all use them when we know we shouldn’t. I worked in a mill once where they actually took them away and outlawed them.. (Too many rounded nuts) I didn’t know about using the pivot slop in the pipe wrench. Been using them all my life.
Very helpful
Thanks LRN2DIY. I never had anyone to teach me any of this growing up! And I learned today from you!
Old timers called pipe wrenches “Stilsons” because they were manufactured by a company by that name. Stilton was printed on the handle in large letters.