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- Scott, did you know
that the horned dung beetle is the strongest animal
on the planet compared to its body weight?
Because imagine this,
they can pull 1,141 times their own body weight.
This is the equivalent of you pulling six.
That's right,
six double decker buses full of people.
That's one strong beetle.
- That's one strong beetle.
Yeah. - That's crazy.
- That's crazy, right?
That's a lot of grip strength.
And obviously we're talking about a horn dung beetle
because the amount of grip strength you can get
from our patented three position plier,
and we are the only one in the industry
that have a three position plier.
So you're holding up the 47 ACF there.
That's kind of the bread and butter of the line,
what started the three position.
And what I want you to do here Jared,
is just open that up to the third position.
We've got a nice little prop here.
- That's two. - There's number two,
right slide her
right to three. - That's three.
Nice and easy.
So drop that on that one inch pipe.
What I wanna show here is how close together the handle is
for our plier compared to some of our competitors.
And the reason that's important is
because the closer the plier is,
the more grip strength you can apply, right?
So just think about it.
If your hand is wide open and the plier is in the tips
of your fingers versus in the bottom part of your palm,
and you're really grabbing a hold of it,
think about how much extra power
you're putting into that damage fastener
or maybe a cotter pin you're pulling out,
whatever the application might be.
So just kind of an interesting way to
show just what that three position does for you.
- I imagine a mountain climber.
If you got your whole hand on a rock,
or if you have just the tips.
- Exactly. - Just like that, right?
So you're gonna get really good grip on
whatever you're pulling, grabbing,
twisting, whatever you're doing.
- Yeah, if you're going up a mountain,
you want your whole, - Full grip.
- Your full grip.
So moving right along then we talked about the HJ last year
which is cool because it has the flank jaw
right in the center of the plier.
And this is new from last year.
We have the six inch version of the HJ plier
and the grip range is still the same.
It goes from quarter inch all the way at the first position,
all the way up to one inch in the third position.
And again, that's the same in the six and the seven.
The only difference is the length of the plier,
and it's about accessibility.
So we wanted to just give technicians just another tool
in their box to be able to tackle whatever job
it might be.
- I'm seeing something new right here.
These things look awesome.
They look good.
They're long nose,
needle nose, the LN47ACF.
- You're right, these are new.
So this is our three position needle nose player.
We are the only one in the industry
with a multi-position needle nose,
especially with it being a three inch.
So that's unique to Snap-On.
A couple of cool features on this.
The first thing we'll talk about is just the fact
that the handle on this needle nose is longer
than a traditional needle nose.
Because when you add that third position,
our thought process is you're probably going to use it to
do some pretty heavy gripping.
So we wanna make sure you have plenty of area
in your hand to grab a hold of that fastener,
whatever it is that you're pulling out
and be able to put as much grip strength in as possible.
- All right, let's move on to some technology here.
I'm seeing the slide
over here in that three position,
it's inset.
Why would you do that compared to those?
- Right, so we precision machine the pocket here
for two reasons.
The first and probably the most important is to
keep the jaws aligned at the tip, right?
So as we talked about with our locking pliers,
you don't want that thing to slip,
'cause when it slips,
you lose the grip strength that you're trying to apply
through the handle.
So when you machine that pocket
it allows us to put a precision pin in there to
be able to hold that and keep it from deflecting.
The second, which is more for user perspective
is it allows the user to move from positions one,
two to three and back, right?
So it's much easy or to be able to go
from one to the other quickly and efficiently with one hand.
Because sometimes if you're grabbing
ahold of something,
you don't, you can't necessarily grab it
with both hands and make the adjustments.
So you want to be able to do that
with one hand and do it smoothly and efficiently.
- [Jarod] Now let's talk about the grip surface area
right here 'cause there's three levels of serration.
- So all the way at the back we have a straight cut,
aggressive serration.
This is predominantly for damaged or rounded fasteners.
So you're gonna be able to apply a lot
of bite into whatever it is
that you're trying to grab with that straight serration.
Then moving into the middle of the plier,
you have our patented talon grip.
And what we've done here is made a more aggressive pattern
of the talon grip.
So maybe you don't want it to be as aggressive
as a straight cut,
but you need to be a little bit more grip
than a precision talon grip, right?
So we do that right in the middle.
And then as you move all the way to the tip
that's where we get that precision grind, talon grip.
And that's really for, like I said,
precise grip or not wanting to damage a certain fastener.
Maybe it's some piece of aluminum or something like that.
Plastic, you don't want to blow the thing apart
so you need to be precise with it.
- Finesse, that's what it's all about there.
- Finesse, yep. - And with the
again, the long nose,
the needle nose,
let's talk about the machine here.
I mean, there's a piece of art.
It looks great.
- Right, so the nose is a little bit wider
than a traditional needle nose.
Again, because it's a three position,
you're gonna be able to apply a lot more force
through the plier.
So what we do is we cold form them,
heat treat them,
put them together,
and then we machine the face of it
so that when you go to pick up something from the side
or from the tip,
that you're going to be precise with that,
the talon grip is gonna line up.
The jaws are gonna be perfectly straight
and you can finesse that tool all the way
at the tip or at the sides.
And that's really important.
- Alignment, technology,
advancements.
Also, this looks like a barracuda
with a really great dentist.
It lines up just absolutely perfectly.
- I like that.
- Yeah, right?
And remember, this is manufactured
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and of course it comes with a lifetime warranty.
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