Originally Posted by
unterhausen
looking good. Do you know what those locking pliers were intended to do?
Since the pliers I posted have curved jaws, I can use the same technique as you did. A tube on the backside and a rod on the front.
The packaging said for hex nuts - model 10LW. When I saw them, I was just scrounging through Hardwick's looking for something (anything!) to make dimples. I purchased a C-clamp, these things and some other bits that i thought might work. Hardwick's is that kind of place.
I thought these would be almost usable right out of the package. Unfortunately, I had to do some grinding and such so, yes, what you have would work as well or better.