Wire Looping Pliers

Love the quality of this pliers!they are really useful for my jewelry designs. I can make jumprings, create earring hooks, shape the wire evenly if I need perfect circles. Great tool for jewelry makers. Really recommend this product and seller!

Quality, name brand product. Reasonable price. Arrived quickly.

Easy and works great.

I do occasional electrical repairs around the house. Typically, it involves replacing a wall outlet, or a light switch. There are little screws on switches and outlets typically found in homes and businesses that the electrical wires are attached to. When attaching a wire, the proper way to do it is to make a bend in the wire to hook onto the screw. The usual tool that I have used to make the hook is a needle nose plier. Electrical wire is supposed to be installed in a pristine condition. Scratches and nicks in the wire are frowned upon, because they interfere with the flow of electricity. Particularly for solid core wire (as opposed to stranded wire), which makes up the bulk of electrical wire in homes and commercial locations. While the needle nose plier is an electrician's tool, it has a machined surface on the face of the jaws. Presumably, the reason is for gripping and pulling wire. However, for me, that machined surface always put nicks in the wire when I formed the hook at the end to attach to a switch or outlet. I found out about this "jewelry" or "baler's" plier from a YouTube video by Adam Savage, formerly of the Mythbusters cable t.v. program. He gushed about how useful this tool was in his fabrication shop. For me, it was immediately evident that this plier, with its smooth, rounded surfaces, could solve my nicked electrical wire problem. I looked it up on amazon (is there anything they *don't* sell?) and ordered it immediately. When it arrived, I tried it out on some safety wire, because I didn't have any electrical wire handy, for a quick test. It seems like it will do the job and I can't wait for an electrical problem to come up so I can give it a real world test.

I bought these because I wanted to be able to make uniform loops in the ends of headpins and eye pins. I find that the loops I make in necklaces don't matter quite as much, but poorly-made/asymmetrical loops don't look good in earrings because they can result in elements not hanging right. These are nice in that you can make the same size of loop every time. (I don't think I would ever make jump rings -- I simply don't have the patience for that.) Because each section is a cylinder instead of part of a cone, each section is of uniform diameter throughout the section. For the record, these have six different sections (three on each side). These handle well. I have very small hands with weak wrists but that has not been a problem; I can still operate these. The handle is coated with some sort of plastic or vinyl and is comfortable to hold and will not slip in your grip. (There was no plastic or chemical smell.) The fulcrum works well and there was no rust when these were received. One thing that may not go over as well with people is how the jaws of these close. They do touch at the very tips, but they are separated a little at the base, near the largest loops. If you are using fairly thick wire (say, 16 or 18 gauge), this will probably not be much of an issue because you should still be able to get a grip. But there might be issues if you are using thinner wire to make larger loops. (Because the tips do close, you can certainly make very small loops with thinner wire, which is mostly what I am interested in.) Overall, I am happy with these. They do what I need (there's really not much of a learning curve, either) and I can think of some additional possibilities for future use (I am just starting out with wire). 3.5 stars.

I use stainless and copper wires, 20 to 12 gauge to make mobiles. These pliers are sturdy and precise and just the right size.

I plan to do more wire wrapping in my jewelry designs and this tool will really help make all sizes of loops.

Happy with purchase, good quality, does exactly what it is designed to do.

Excellent product , easy to use once you get the hang of it, definitely an asset for my jewellery making. Highly recommended.

These pliers are great! Easy to use. Should have bought a long time ago. If you want to make jump rings, these are the pliers for you

Una buena herramienta de joyería, entre otros usos, práctico, y buena calidad.

Buen material, estoy contenta.

真鍮の線を曲げるために購入しました。 安いものもありますが工具はある程度しっかりしていないと力が入りにくいので。 安心と信頼という感じです。