Joe Dupre'
Omono
I'm kind of a DIY cheapskate kind of guy and like to make things instead of spending the high dollars for the things I need. I did a lot more wiring this year and figured I needed a pair of jin pliers as holding wire is one of their uses. It's not to hard to spend 50 bucks on jin pliers. OUCH! Well, I had a old pair of linesman's pliers hanging around that had seen better days. These pliers normally have wide, square jaws on them......... a little too cumbersome for my use. So, I cranked up the old knife-making grinder and ground down the jaws to a more useable shape. While I was at it, I chased down the gripping surfaces with dremel tool. Maybe a half hour's work. Here's what I ended up with. I just removed about 8 feet of wire from a few trees. You hold a bend of wire just below the wire tail you're removing. Worked like a champ.