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Featured Tool of the Week: Lindstrom EX Series Round Nose Pliers

By on March 5, 2012
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by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com

Tool of the Week for
March 5, 2012

This week’s tool: Lindstrom EX Series Round Nose Pliers

Demonstration by Kate, JewelryTools.com

If you are ready to make a serious investment in your comfort, hand health, and jewelry business, the famed Lindstrom line of pliers is a premium choice that delivers. And the EX Lindstrom series is a special, Swiss-made ergonomic line of pliers that will keep your hands and wrists happy, even after several wire wrap workdays.

These particular EX Lindstrom Round Nose pliers are 5.25 inches long and have jaws made from high chromium steel alloy that won’t marr or harm the wire. Many jewelry makers use Lindstroms for 5-10 years whereas discount pliers need replacement more frequently. Lindstrom pliers are designed not just for jewelry, but industrial use as well (on oil derricks, in surgery, etc); these pliers are built to last.

Click below to see these pliers, available on JewelryTools.com:
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One Comment

  1. avatar

    Steve

    March 5, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I went through many pairs of cheap wire pliers (Beadalon, etc.), all of which failed for one reason or another. I finaally splurged on Lindstrom supreme round nose, chain nose, and flush cut pliers. The difference in grip, holding power, lack of slippage, and lack of play has cut marring of my wire by 2/3s. I use less hand strength to achieve the same purchasing power I got with cheaper pliers. The so called comfortable or ergonomic grip many pliers offer means to achieve the same power at the grip point you have to apply more power to compress the soft material around the handles. So you do more damage to your hand in repetitive wire bending. With my Lindstom pliers there is no give in the handles so the power applied to the handles equals the power applied to the tip of the pliers (less power lost to friction). The surface finish of the pliers indeed balances roughness and smoothness to achieve optimal grip with minimal marring. Best of all I like the replaceable springs. As a wire worker you should know that all metal, including springs, get harder with each bend and will always break at some point. I guess this is a thumbs up for Lindstrom. In the tool world, data shows that applying the optimal tool to any work task improves efficiency on an average of 68%. That’s no small improvement. Now if I only had all of the optimal tools in my garage and basement!