Cutting Pliers

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Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, or for cutting and bending tough materials such as wire. Generally pliers consist of a pair of metal first class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer o one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side.

Keywords

fulcrum, tongs, pliers, Forceps, first class lever, mechanical advantage, cutting pliers

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Blacksmithing and Metalwork

Source

Government Printing Office The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1895)

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