[pianotech] re. Small vise grips for mass loading

[Ron Nossaman]

On 11/23/2010 4:47 PM, William Truitt wrote:
> I’m with Joe on this one. I stopped buying tools at Lowes’s and Home
> Repot because some many of them were garbage, even with brand names on
> them. And most of them cost a lot more than $.2.00.

I think Jim's little grippettes are just fine for their intended use. 
Almost all of my real pliers, adjustable wrenches, and chisels are high 
quality estate sale acquisitions, at considerably lower prices than 
retail, and made before the brand names went south (or rather, east). 
Not a one is shiny and new looking, except by accident.

If it works and works well, it's a tool.
Ron N