Safety goggles. Every time. Those c-clips can blind you if you're not careful.
Safety goggles. Every time. Those c-clips can blind you if you're not careful.
We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.
http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...e-to-Ohm-s-Law for getting resistor values the right way!
Ya i happened to have some retaining ring pliers but they cant hangle the pressure of the ring enough to get it all the way in. The ring either slides off the pliers, the pliers come apart (interchangeable plier pieces lol), or the pliers bend wrong like if you tried to cut metal with school safety scissors.
I have a set from Harbor Freight that do the same thing... junk.Originally Posted by minamus
Personally, I like needle-nose pliers for those things. Getting them in is pretty simple; getting them out? No so simple...
Do your harbor freight pliers look like this pic?
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...mage_18433.jpg
I can also confirm that style is pure junk, having bought one that's nearly identical from my local auto parts store's bargain tool
bin.
Another member here pointed me to these other snap ring pliers (linked below) and I have to say, it just might
have saved my sanity, lol. The higher price is definitely worth it as it worked on the first try, taking only a few
seconds to install the ring into the pommel.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Do you hear that?
That is the sound of a thousand terrible things headed this way.
That second one you linked from Amazon is the kind I found at home depot. I just wish the tips were a little narrower/longer on mine. Aside from that, they're good. Haven't had any C clips flying across the room or into my eyeballs yet. ... yet...
These are the exact same kind I have. I also got it at Home Depot. They do the job. I think it actually helps to have the tension to be closing, help it a little to put it in the pommel by forcing the handles apart, and then grip to open and release once in position. Ten seconds was all it took once I got these.
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