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By the way, I think Mole Grips are the
equivalent of Vise-Grips. Which of course means they grip very hard.
Have you ever been gripped by a mole? All the moles I have seen are
small creatures with small appendages. I can't imagine they have much
grip.
Eric

Check out

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=76374

which will explain part way down where the name comes from ...

Arfa