I used a bamboo towel first and you are right, a lollypop stick would have worked but hot glue for the hexnut is cheap and easy. Another thing that works really well is medical mesh tape, I had some left over from my surgery and used it on another pair of needle nose pliers. It's about 1 mm thick and "spongy" and once it is on the pliers, you have to burn it off if you want to remove it.
Ooh, that's interesting. I use tape on a pair of parallel pliers (for key bending) - but it has to be replaced with almost every job...and even gluing card on doesn't seem to hold up. That tape sounds like it might be just the thing.
This is what it looks like after 2 years in my garage. Now that I checked, it appears as if the glue is slightly hygroscopic causing some minor rust, which then caused one side of the tape to come off. But, its been about a year that it stuck and that's something I can live with.
Had this been a live repair on my end with this application. A little more time making an exact fit would have been necessary. Especially not damaging the post. I was merely forwarding the idea/concept. Would have been just as easy to glue a popsicle stick on. My biggest concern was holding the contraption steady. A little slip with the punch side could’ve got ugly. I came up with the idea in all of five minutes. Tool shortages suck.
Absolutely a decent pair of pliers. The problem is ordering them Saturday evening when you want to play. Broken spring delight. I don’t recommend a rubber band on silver.
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You could definitely use it as neck strap - once!
