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And Vise Grips HAVE to be the original Irwin Vise Grips. We always kept a pair of Vise Grips clamped to our seat posts back when we were kids in our BMX days, because something would always break or fall off while we were literally miles across town haha!! And they always saved the day!! We must've been 12,13. Sometime in the early 1980s.

I remember my friend had bought a cheap pair of Buffalo brand knockoff "Vise Grips" from the flea market, and I was trying to clamp them down on something and they literally bent like melted butter!!

Irwin Vise grips are the Holy Grail of must-have tools!!
 
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In 1884 Charles IRWIN owned a pharmacy in Martinsville, Ohio. A local blacksmith who was a customer of Mr. IRWIN's came up with the idea for a solid center auger bit. He sold the rights to this invention to Mr. IRWIN and a year later, after patenting the Auger bit, Charles IRWIN, along with four other business partners formed the IRWIN Auger Bit Co.

About four decades later there was another blacksmith with an idea, this one in the small town of DeWitt, Nebraska. William Petersen was a Danish immigrant who invented the first locking pliers in his blacksmith shop, and began selling them from the trunk of his car to farmers and people in surrounding towns. He patented his new idea and called it Vise-Grip.
 
aquariuscsm said:
And Vise Grips HAVE to be the original Irwin Vise Grips. We always kept a pair of Vise Grips clamped to our seat posts back when we were kids in our BMX days, because something would always break or fall off while we were literally miles across town haha!! And they always saved the day!!

I remember my friend had bought a cheap pair of Buffalo brand knockoff "Vise Grips" from the flea market, and I was trying to clamp them down on something and they literally bent like melted butter!!

Irwin Vise grips are the Holy Grail of must-have tools!!
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These are one of my sets, can't remember if they were my dad's or my grandfather's, probably the latter, but I grew up with my dad having a small but well-selected set of SK tools and three difference sizes of Vice-Grip with the different styles of jaws.

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aquariuscsm said:
And Vise Grips HAVE to be the original Irwin Vise Grips. We always kept a pair of Vise Grips clamped to our seat posts back when we were kids in our BMX days, because something would always break or fall off while we were literally miles across town haha!! And they always saved the day!!

I remember my friend had bought a cheap pair of Buffalo brand knockoff "Vise Grips" from the flea market, and I was trying to clamp them down on something and they literally bent like melted butter!!

Irwin Vise grips are the Holy Grail of must-have tools!!
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Yes agreed. I have a vintage Craftsman set that the jaws kinda suck on. The original is the way to go.
 
Wolf359 said:
Why are you buying it again?
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Because I could maybe use a better quality "locking pliers" and maybe use it on multiple occasions

And it's not a Vise Grip, per se

Unless.. I really really don't need it? But its such a valuable tool
 
JT20 said:
Because I could maybe use a better quality "locking pliers" and maybe use it on multiple occasions

And it's not a Vise Grip, per se

Unless.. I really really don't need it? But its such a valuable tool
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Doesn't sound like you need it now on top of all the other problems you have.

Also that part on Rockauto looks like the A/C idler pulley, it's on closeout which explains the cheap price. The Dayco one cross references to the Infinti part number. OEM list price is $207 and even discounted you're in the $70-$80 range. For a $1k car, I'd spend the $13, not the $70.

www.ebay.com

Dayco 89149 Accessory Drive Belt Idler Pulley | eBay

Belt Type : Serpentine. Max Belt Width : 04 Rib. Electrical Parts Policy. A genuine part is a part in the auto manufacturer's original box with their logo on the box. Verify that the item fits your car.
www.ebay.com
 
Wolf359 said:
Doesn't sound like you need it now on top of all the other problems you have.

Also that part on Rockauto looks like the A/C idler pulley, it's on closeout which explains the cheap price. The Dayco one cross references to the Infinti part number. OEM list price is $207 and even discounted you're in the $70-$80 range. For a $1k car, I'd spend the $13, not the $70.

www.ebay.com

Dayco 89149 Accessory Drive Belt Idler Pulley | eBay

Belt Type : Serpentine. Max Belt Width : 04 Rib. Electrical Parts Policy. A genuine part is a part in the auto manufacturer's original box with their logo on the box. Verify that the item fits your car.
www.ebay.com
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The tool costs more than the pulley so
UNLESS I can put it to good use, I agree with you.
 
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