water pump pliers

[gaffer]

Hi guys,I've got a job to do which involves terminating 8x185mm 4 cores and 4x120mm 4 cores.Now I've looked at 400mm waterpump pliers,Knipex ones at about 90 quid each and cheap and nasty finger trappers from about a tenner.Just wondered what you guys thought or have experienced doing this size of glands?

 

[Guest123]

Cant beat a good stilson on glands like that.

http://www.toolbank.com/p/C3518/BAH3618

 

[Sintra]

I have always preffered footprints to the water pump pliers have the 7" 9" and 12" versions. Footprints

 

[glynnis]

I bought these a couple of years age, good value and useful for bigger swa glands.Pipe Wrench Set 3Pcs - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

 

[johnboy6083]

b&Q do decent big grips, for £25 each. they dont slip either. Thats what i use for big glands, when gland spanners are not available, or wont fit in the room!

 

[johnboy6083]

the ones i talk aboput are made by channel lock

 

[pennywise]

Hammer and large bashing screwdriver stillsons for me too

 

[bugsy]

Large pump grips, large spanner and in desperation ( 4 x 240mm ) G clamp!

 

[bomjac]

To be honest, these babies are the dogs dangly things for any size of cable gland. Google for suppliers. Ridgid E-110 Hex Wrench.

Around 50 quid seems to be the going rate. Have used these on and off for years, according to what I can gather they are good for up to 67mm. Havent met a gland yet the dont fit, and there is nothing worse looking than a gland chewed to hell by someone using pipe grips.



Clicky on the piccy for a link to toolstop who have them on offer.

 

[johnboy6083]

eagles beaks! ive only ever used them once, but i do agree about the chewed glands.

 

[telectrix]

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and there is nothing worse looking than a gland chewed to hell by someone using pipe grips.

that's why we are given gland boots, lol

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I have a very large set of stilsons from my forklift truck engineering days, they are about 2 and half foot long closed, and a very good make (Record I think), I wont be needing them but will put a piccy on when i get a minute, they are heavy so they will be best offer plus postage, proceeds to the charity.

Cheers............Howard

 

[gaffer]

Did the 120s today and the stilsons worked a treat.

 

[Round Man]

Knipex all the way!

 

[Amp David]

I have Knipex, been fine for me for years. Never tried any others TBH

 

[Dean Williams]

A lot of sparks i know use the Bahco ratchet type pipe grips.

 

[bomjac]

Use whatever you wish to TBH, but if you try to present a cable gland that is chewed up through someone using grips to tighten it on a petrochem or offshore job, then I am afraid it will get refused and some poor bugger then has to go to the trouble of changing it out. .

Hence the reason to use proper spanners if at all possible.

Once did get a set of 85mm spanners sent up by the company I was with at the time for some 4c 240mm cables. Bloody spanners weighed a ton.