This is my first attempt at cleaning old tools.
These plier's have been with me for well over 50 yrs -Got them for 2/6p from Woolworths. They did have "Made in Germany" on plastic handles but that had gone as well as the plastic -Brittle and breaking off. - The pliers were very dirty and a bit rusty so why not give it a go - They make it look so easy on Youtube.
Yes well -- I attacked it with a bench grinder -angle grinder -dremmel and loads of sandpaper- spit and metal polish and lots of new French words in different order.
The handle covering is heat shrink - two layers of 9.7mm and one layer of 12.5 - I did try 19mm red but it looked rubbish probably because it was over size.
Ideally you need to remove the rivet holding two parts together but I do not have the tools for that.
There are a few dings in it due to rust but trying to grind them down that much was beyond my tool capacity.
I have a old pair of nail pullers so might do them next.
These plier's have been with me for well over 50 yrs -Got them for 2/6p from Woolworths. They did have "Made in Germany" on plastic handles but that had gone as well as the plastic -Brittle and breaking off. - The pliers were very dirty and a bit rusty so why not give it a go - They make it look so easy on Youtube.
Yes well -- I attacked it with a bench grinder -angle grinder -dremmel and loads of sandpaper- spit and metal polish and lots of new French words in different order.
The handle covering is heat shrink - two layers of 9.7mm and one layer of 12.5 - I did try 19mm red but it looked rubbish probably because it was over size.
Ideally you need to remove the rivet holding two parts together but I do not have the tools for that.
There are a few dings in it due to rust but trying to grind them down that much was beyond my tool capacity.
I have a old pair of nail pullers so might do them next.
