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Davent
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seagull
Senior Member Joined: 31 Dec 2011 Location: Esperance WA Status: Offline Points: 746 |
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Yep them pliers are the bomb have a pair myself and makes twisting wires easy as.
Cherz Errol
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Darby
Stall Holder Fishaholic Lures Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Status: Offline Points: 7477 |
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Only way to go Dave, I use them all the time now I have a pair. I did a mob of eyes the other arvo, banged out about a hundred in 2 sizes of wire and 2 different eye diameters in about an hour.
If you need some wire I can send you a link to a guy that sells it in a few diameters and 1lb spools, Cheers Brad |
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Certainly saves time! This pair well over 50yrs old, ex RAAF issue. U.S. Robinson Jet Twisters.
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Davent
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thanks brad, might take you up on that when i run out of what ive got.
pliars are used in aviation industry aparently, cost me$70, and worth every cent. Made about 50 sets in about ten minutes. used to twist my wires by hand, every lure ive made untill last week, my left index finger had a permanent split....ouch.
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steiny
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I have seen Ian use those twitching pliers to make an eyelet ....blink and you miss it!
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cheers steiny
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Montah Steel
Unverified New Member Hobbled Lures Joined: 17 Nov 2012 Location: Sydney Status: Offline Points: 495 |
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could be my next aquisition if its that easy. im using a drill atm.
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Davent
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Ian,hope mine look like that one day!
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fletch
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love those things .....but when it comes to the heavier wire i use you end up having to use other hand to help it twist .........well worth there bucks .......cheers aaron
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Montah Steel
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youtube video of how they work for those like i that havent seen them in action. awesome stuff!!
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Yeah Dave, still working well. A bit of lube on the spiral, occasionally, really helps too. I'd love to know how many thousand eyelets I've spun up over the years! Does yours have a bearing built in? U.S. or Korean? I googled them up last year and there were quite a lot around for sale... Cheers IAN
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Davent
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Ian, I dont know! I went to all tools in darwin, looked all over the pliars section, conversation went like this.
Hi , can I help you mate? Yeah, im looking for a pair of pliars for twisting wire, lots of small twists, sorry dont know what theyre called. Oh know the ones mate, got that gadjet in the middle, aviation twisting pliars I think you mean. If you say so, have you got any? Yeah, over here. How do they work? I dont know. Thats when old mate came over and did the "give here, I know boats" thing. He then demonstrated that he didnt know either, by inserting some wire up the middle of the theaded mechinism. The first bloke then got onto you tube, and then did agood demo. Good blokes though, ad when they found out that I made lures, everyone in the shop came over to check out the pliars. Gave me a ten buck discount.
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Darby
Stall Holder Fishaholic Lures Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Status: Offline Points: 7477 |
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Dave, the rip off buggers!!!!, same ones off ebay from $14 + frieght from the US or between 30-50 from Aus suppliers.
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Davent
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Yeah I know Brad, but thats $70 NT, not the same as the Aussie dollar, equals about $8 Aust.
Petrol'$1.70 a lt Paid $6 for a lettuce the other day, and a 2 bedroom townhouse built in the 1980,s will set you back $430,000. And I wanted them then and there as well.....
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Red Hunter
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Dam , thats a good tool .
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Darkside Slayer and Zombie hunter.
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OCD
LureLovers.com Fanatic OCD Lures Joined: 24 Oct 2011 Location: Townsville Status: Offline Points: 1043 |
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A MANS TOY SHOP has them but you may have to order them in. Cost was about $60 from memory. Some really expensive ones on the market to, $250 plus!!!
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bdowdy
Senior Member Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Location: tenterfield Status: Offline Points: 839 |
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very cool tool....
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hunting and fishing the new england
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