DIY Wire Binding Hose Clamp Tool
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2013
- Convert an old pair of slip joint pliers to a wire binding tool
Make any size of hose clamp
Puts up to about 150lbs of force on whatever you need.
Bind bundles of firewood
Clamp broken items.
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One of the most handy tools I ever seen. Every DIY out there (from mechanics, farmers, handyman, home owners, etc...)needs one in their tool box. It will come in handy for emergency repairs, that needs to be fixed on the spot.
Awesome, I'm glad you liked it.
I just now viewed your video. I like the simplicity of your tool. However I have been using a pop rivet tool to accomplish the same thing. Re-bar wire is one of my favorite wires to use for my wire clamps. I double the wire and when I wrap it around the thing I am clamping I put the cut ends through the loop so that it is now a wire zip tie. I use the rivet tool to tighten up the zip tie. I have to be careful that I don't break the wire. I have used this method on a lot of things and no failures. I still like your idea though.
haven't seen a handy tool like this in stores, so no joking this can be patented.
Another kool tool!!! Be great for making an emergency hose clamps and several other uses as well!! Thx man! Making one for sure! I hate open pliers as well! Lol
65 from 10 years ago... nothings changed!
wow! while I actually like my pliers and use them frequently I do have about 40 of them as well and these would be incredibly useful I think a pair will soon have to sacrifice its self for this awesome idea thank you!!
I hope you do try it. The longer handle ones are better as they give you more leverage.
Once again..a handy tool from a handy guy!
Awesome idea. I was going to make a Clamptite style tool but yours is easier. The first thing that came to mind when I saw your modification was to use an old pair of "opening" circlip pliers as these already do what your modified slip pliers do so I will only need to add the grooves and pins. However I would never have thought of using them without seeing your video first so thanks for posting it. Cheers Stu.
Thanks for watching.
I love customizing tools when I need to. I never toss out broken tools, I keep them for when I need to custom make one.
Pimp my tool
Brilliant and simple, I will make a pair or two as soon as I can find the slip joint pliers, thanks for sharing this idea.
Ralf Boyke Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
regular slip joint pliers are great for grabbing push type air lines on big rigs to remove them. thats bout it. I usually use my knipex cobras to hold things with instead of the slip joints. Great video man I'll have to make a pair
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
This tool is so simple and not complicated to make like other tools, i'm gonna make one! Thank you for sharing greetings from Ecuador.
Thank you very much!
Those should be shipped with every car.
Good for loose mufflers, bumpers, hubcaps, anything.
SLORRIFJART321 That's a great idea.
Nice work. Good to see someone thinking a problem through and coming up with a solution. I may make a similar tool tomorrow and crimp up my leaking diesel fuel line. I realise it may be over pressured and that I need to find out why
It's been a very handy tool over the last few years.
finally a great use for those junk pliers the thing I hate with them is when you grab something and the pliers jaws slip and crush your hand
I'm usually coming up with all kinds of jigs and tools to make my life simpler but I never thought of something like this.I have like 14 pairs of those slip joint pliers that I hardly ever use so I'm definitely going to make a couple of pair. I'm always using bailing wire to hold something or temporarily hold it till I can fix it but I never can get it as tight as I would like and this will do the trick. Thank you.
I hope you do. It has been an amazing addition to my toolbox.
Great I was looking for a way to do that, you have done an amazing job!! Thank You
+Robert Hill Hey Thanks.
You've essentially made a "ClampTite" tool. These babies are nifty, but expensive. I made a DIY ClampTite and it works well, but your reverse pliers idea is better.
On really faded paint(like my bumpers) you do have to reapply every week or so to keep it real shinny. I would say it holds up and lasts about 2-3 weeks unless you wax over it, then it will last over a month. Try it out on a small scratch and see what you think.
Very clever! Great design. Thanks for sharing.
Jack Armstrong Thank you very much.
I love this. I need to make this. a little confused on the concept. hopefully I can figure it out.
Good job! I have a tool to do the same concept. Have learned that a small spool of stainless steel wire feed welding wire will last a long time and is much stronger than tie wire. Plus it doesn't rust.
Good tip.
What size would be most useful .023, .030, .035 or other?
Great idea man I made a pair of my own the other day they came out perfect
keith evans Awesome. You'll find countless things to use them for.
Dramatically fantastic invention. I wishes if i find it in the tools store or in amazon.
Thanks for your efforts.
love this idea. I am going to make me one and sure I will use it often. Thanks for sharing.
I just made one and it came out good and works great. Thanks for the idea.
Awesome. Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks. Let me know if you do make one and how it turns out.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing it.
I've already found a pair of old pliers (I don't think I've ever used mine either! ) so will get the welder fired up when it gets light.
Just a thought though...if you don't twist the loop around the bolt when you double up the wire you'll get equal pressure on both strands (in theory anyway). Having said that you'll have to make do with the strength of the single wired loop until you can lock it so that perhaps defeats the object of doubling up.Just a thought
I'm going to make myself one thanks for the idea.
Angel Palacios Awesome. I don't know how I lived without one.
Really good idea. I have to try too make one myself.
It's come in really handy.
Wrap your tie wire with duct tape and pull the lead from the middle of it and you'll never have an unmanageable mess of wire. It works out better than leaving your spool out and loose.
Awesome tool, going to have to make one of those. Thanks for sharing your ides
Thanks for sharing with us ill make one this week ,will be great for clamping the cv boots on to the cv shaft for my 4 wheeler ,and many other things to
Timothydeitner Thanks. I'm glad you like it.
That's good one, not to take away from your tool, but on the farm many years ago when specific tools weren't readily available we used a vice-grip type plier to do this by wrapping the wire around the hose 2 or three full turns then put both ends into the grip then pull for all you're worth also by using the plier itself as a fulcrum to tighten a bit more then twist the wires a half turn to two full turns, usually then bend flat to hose and cut off at about 3/8" and tap it down with the plier or hammer. the only real short coming was bailing wire is all that was available (rusted away in a couple of years), regards
LLuE88 Thanks for watching. On the farm you do what it takes to get back up and going. It is the best way to learn.
sixtyfiveford exactly!
Great Idea! I'm definitely putting this on my project list!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. It has come in handy at least a dozen times in the past couple months.
sixtyfiveford
Heard that! I'm always using wire like that for something.
Very nice idea! Thanks for showing it to us.
Thanks. It has come in handy quit a few times.
Wow! You are so clever. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much.
You can see the car in the very beginning of the video on the left. I have done the ATF trick to it many times. The car is dirty now and hasn't been washed since but you can still see a good shine through the dirt. A lot of the "quick shine spray waxes" you buy in the store are just really thin oil. Any oil will work but ATF doesn't have tack additives to make it cling to surfaces like motor oil etc, so it doesn't attract dust as bad as other oils.
I first discovered wire hose clamps a few weeks ago. People making their own expensive versions and showing it off on radiator hoses. Does the wire not cut through the hose over time? It seems like eventually the hose would give way.
I wouldn't choose them over a standard wide band clamp if I had it. But if I were to permanently clamp a radiator hose, I would do multiple wraps of wire to spread the clamping load.
That is a cool tool that you made most people wouldn’t understand but I understand exactly what you mean when you say have to pressure make 75 pounds as opposed to 150 pounds thank you
Thanks, it has come in very handy.
Thanks for the tip. I going to do it for sure.
Guess I will have to make a pair, can't find any place that sells them, and I have made the two types of clamptite tools and use them often. SPLIT WOOD HANDLE ON SHOVELS.
well I made one, a little tricky to have it all work in reverse and not catch and bind but got it and works ok not pretty. Thanks for the tip
Thanks. I seam to find random uses for it all the time. Shovels and axes are a top use.
I just added the extra peg on each side plus I put rubber bands to the top so the jaws stay closed. just a bit easier to wind the wires while the jaws stay closed.
Very useful tool. I really like your innovation and approach to this project. What did you use for the posts? Heavy nail ?, steel rod , screw ? This tool will last forever !👍😝
I used screw heads for the studs. It has come in handy quit a few times. Thanks.
thanks buddy definetly will make one
Fuckgoogle Awesome, I hope you do. I use it every couple weeks.
Thank you. I’ll try to git to that project tomorrow.
Hey Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Heya,
Very cool tool, thanks
What I do when I use a double wire wrap is bend the length of wire you want to use and put the two ends in an electric drill, tighten the chuck and let the drill evenly spin the wire. Then use your tool to apply it to whatever.
Thanks
Nice idea.
Yeah, I'm really impressed and I can remove the broken metal light bulb bases as well.
Thanks. It's great to meet you.
I like it!!!! Works pretty slick too.
Thats brilliant :-)
It first looked like a torture device lol, i was thinking about pushing belts apart and stuff like that, but people dont use wire for fixing purposes where i live so it was a mistery.
I have a pair of those slip plyers, but they are out of an old motorbike tool kit, and the jaws are very good, the ones you have dont appear to have propper serrated jaws that fit close and thats why they dont work.
Your a clever man, great video :-) :-)
Hi Moe, hey I know this video is 4 years old now, but any chance you could make a video of the pallet bucket/flower pot that you are binding at the end?? My wife saw me watching this video and now wants some pallet pots 😎😎😎😎 many thanks,
Adam. 🇺🇸🇦🇺
I was planning to do this years ago, but never got around to it. Sounds like a fun video.
Just did a video of the Pallet Pots and should have it up in a day or two.
Sounds like the perfect excuse to get one.. Thanks for watching.
Great invention, you come up with amazing ideas, great video.
Bill
Stainless steel aircraft safety wire. Used to keep bolts and nuts from coming loose on airplanes. Hard to find though.
I have a little and it works great.
Great build on a useful looking tool.
Thanks. It has come in very handy.
Really cool tool, I use safety wire at work and the pliers for that are very similar.........tony
Nicely done! I like it.
Thats kool, many a time i could have used a tool like that thumbs up
I made one today works great thanks man
Awesome.
Very cool. Had no idea a company was making them. Looks like they are only made in South Africa so I guess I have the only one in the USA.
Neat tool, I thought they would be for piston rings but never thought they'd be for that! LIKED*
BTW how does the car with the ATF job look? Can you do an update video on it?
Amazing tool. Cheers.
Thanks. I have really enjoyed it over the past 9 months.
Great tool and design.
another great idea and one I will make
Could have... Still can. Thanks for watching and again sad to see your car go.
Thanks Mr Smith...
Nice... gonna make a pair tomorrow
Thanks, it has come in handy over the years.
Thanks for posting. Looks like an Australian Cattle Dog (Queensland Heeler) in your avatar. I'm guessing a McNiven's if you're out here in the western US. Those are some smart, human-aggressive dogs. Have one myself.
Love your videos man. But one this one, I'd just use a little stick to twist it us tight.
Yeah, that works.
I just made one, thanks to this video, I spliced a 3/8 air hose together with regular clamps and it kept leaking, thought of this tool made one and my air hose doesnt leak anymore.
That's awesome, I'm glad you made it. I've done air lines with great success. I wasn't sure how much I would use it, but I keep finding stuff and wondering what I would do without it.
whats a good wire?, around here we have the rebar wire and 17 gauge and i can easily break it.
I am just using rebar wire. I really haven't tried any other bulk wire. If it is a heavy duty application I double up the wire.
Nobody borrows and breaks the slip joint pliers, you don't use them so, no break of loss, thats why you have so many. Bet you're like me... have hundreds of flat tip screwdrivers 😁👍
Excellent once again.
Great tool I bought one.
Ohhhhh, that's an interesting design for a wire hose clamp maker.
Looks great !!!!
nice tool and very practical indeed...thanks
Cool. It's definitely way more simple to set up this design of wire tensioner. I've got a cheesy pair of retaining clip pliers that have an intermediate kind of a strut that can be repositioned in a way that will make the pliers open when handles are squeezed when it's in one position. Then, press a release button and swivel strut into its other position, lock button into its other position and the pliers will close when handles are squeezed. They also gave many different sized pins and at different angles. They're not very strong though, and they're quite rickety due to all the modularness (for lack of a better word) of them. But still, seeing how easily you broke that wire, I wonder how strong they need to be? ..I think I might be able to make a pair of special jaws for wrapping wire around and give them that much more purpose. ...wait a sec. I'm overlooking the wire guides, huh..🤔 well either way, if I can't mod them, I've got plenty of other pliers I can use.
Thanks for all your content. I didnt realize you had so many videos. There are many that piqued my interest as I was scrolling all the way down to find this one. I think I'll check out your method of making springs. I wonder if its the same way I do it? (Usually, drill blank chucked up in my drill, on low, and jam the end of some high carbon steel wire (music wire) in that space between the jaws in the chuck, feather on the trigger and (usually wearing a glove) yank the wire to a perpendicular angle to the blank and pinch it so it closely follows the wire that's already twisted , making a closed spring. The tricky part is what to do with all the built up tension when it's at its desired length. Lol it's not that tricky. Just put drill in reverse and run it until spring is relaxed. Ooh, that reminds me. I need to order more wire. (I dont mean to torture you with my long comments, but I think you can relate to this next bit..)
My water heater went out last month. As far as I'm concerned, it's way too soon. The only time a water heater needs to be replaced is when the tank has rusted through and its leaking (and if you stay on top of the anode situation, that shouldn't be anytime soon). Everything else is replaceable. HOWEVER! If you're in a situation where you have one of those Honeywell "smart" valves, and it goes out (meaning the $2 printed circuit board malfunctions), you will find yourself looking at having to spend $200~$300 to replace it. At that point you may consider cashing in on a water heater sale and start again. Not me. After troubleshooting all possibilites and everything was fine, then calling the manufacturer (call the plumber line and tell them you're a plumber or they won't give you much info), they told me my heater serial number was of an era known to have problematic smart valves (bad circuit boards). I checked. As far as I could tell, one of the capacitors was leaking a little and there were a couple questionable connections. I replaced all 3 capacitors and fluxed and hit all connections with soldering iron. Valve still would not stay on. The thought of replacing the whole valve when there was nothing mechanically wrong with it really pissed me off. Fuqn technology. Does it have to be EVERYWHERE? then I remembered that I stripped off everything that would come off of my old water heater, 12 or 13 years ago. I still had the old "dumb" Robertshaw valve. It wasn't an exact fit but with a couple minor modifications, I adapted it to fit on my Bradford White water heater and life is good again. Hahaha, talk about getting sidetracked. My point was going to be that I keep thinking I have enough sizes of music wire, I come across a spring i need to make that must be specific guage. When I was troubleshooting that POS Honeywell valve, the springs that push on the diaphragms are so light, I was putting one of them with the other parts and just opening my hand was enough to make it leap half way across my cluttered, dim basement. They must have been made of 34 or 35 guage wire, which I have none of. But it's all a double moot point by now. I eventually found the spring but I'm not using the valve it goes to. I do plan on boning up a little in the field of electronics. I will learn how to fix it. If you check out some forums and some CZcams comment sections, you'll see that there is a niche market just waiting to be exploited. The board is only about 1.5" x 2" with 3 capacitors a few mechanical connectors and maybe a dozen other soldered circuits. Idk about the rest of the stuff, but the capacitors were $0.85x1 and $0.50x2. ..
Those little capacitors seam to only have a few year lifespan. I have fixed so many electronics just by swapping them out. I just swapped out my inlaws 8 year old water heater due to rust and cut it all apart. Of course I saved all the electronics ect and put them in my plumbing section. Poor welds on the internal flue caused a pin hole leak.
Thank you for sharing buddy
Thanks.
Awesome tool :)
I would like to buy that wire bending tool
Hey, Thanks...
It's great to meet you.
I hope you do. Talk to you soon.
I could have sworn that was a "guessing game starter" installation tool. I have several at home. Works best if used with the words "hey honey guess what this does". Don't see too many cordless ones anymore.
Thanks.
great idea
Thanks. I really enjoy this tool.
Wouldn't wiring the pallet wood bucket have been easier if you'd left the old wire in place until the new wire is in installed?
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Good idea!
Really nice
+William Maurer Hey Thanks.
C00L.Looks like they work good.
Gotya, still looks shiny :D
I'll have to try it. :)
very inventive
very.....very nice.....congratulations..... São Paulo - Capital - Brasil
+oodimvale Thank You.
Good copy of the Magi-Clamp. Very Cool.
Nice to turn something useless into something that will come in handy. Thanks man.
Thanks.
I've seen the safety wire pliers before. It always looks neat to see a bunch of bolts safety wired together.
Good Idea.Hey, on your tie wire roll use old carpenter trick. Cut the wire that holds it together ,then duct tape around cicumference and then all over and pull the wire you need from the middle.See Ya
Thanks Bill.
-Moe