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William Sommerwerck William Sommerwerck is offline
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Default Straightening tube/valve pins

Needle-nose pliers.

Chain-nose pliers would be even better.


Don't have a pair.


You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose.


True, but you can't call all needle-nose pliers chain-nose. Correct me

if
I'm wrong, but chain-nose pliers are usually small and usually used for

fine
work like jewelry making, or other delicate work. Don't they also usually
have smooth jaws or so as not to damage soft metals?

You can call those little ones "needle-nose" pliers, but you can't call a
big heavy duty 12" pair of needle-nose pliers "chain-nose".

You really need both. I used needle-nose to straighten pins.


I meant that many people /mistakenly/ call chain-nose pliers needle-nose.