Heavy-duty tool works better on heavier gauge wires. Slightly difficult to adjust and probably better suited for industrial use. The Vise-Grip brand is probably one of the most recognized trade names ...

“An outstanding tool that makes handling electrical work a breeze.” ...

Why You Want One: A vise is handy for all manner of repairs and projects. Mounted on your workbench, it holds metal firmly in position while you cut it, grind it, file it, or cut threads in it or on ...

The world would be a far less efficient place without Vise-Grip locking pliers.A Danish immigrant blacksmith named William Petersen patented the concept in 1924 and started a family business that ...

Pliers might not always be the right tool for the job, but they’ll save your skin more than any other. Last night, I got into an engine project where some rounded-off nuts and hot parts were a little ...

Vise-Grip Locking Pliers, a Nebraska invention and a celebrated part of the state’s industrial history, will still continue to be put together and packaged in DeWitt, but the pieces of the tools will ...

Nail Jack Tools, an Idaho-based company, is moving forward with plans to use the former Irwin Tools Vise-Grip factory in DeWitt, possibly with help from someone to share the plant. Three-hundred and ...

Gary Oden has known for weeks that the plant where he has spent the last 19 years helping build Vise-Grips, one of Nebraska's most famous products, would be shutting down. But he still wasn't ...