PLIERS

For hard or soft wire, including solder and springs. Also great for gently pulling out key pins, but be careful not to nip them!

For hard and soft wire. Great all round bench tool.

6-1/4"
Perfect for getting into tight spots when straightening keys. Or very useful when holding hot things.

Good for straightening bent key cups and bent keys.

Great all round tool to have around your shop.

For really hard to get to spots.

Not Short Round from the Indiana Jones movies, but a narrow short round nose to get into tight spaces. Also useful for finding the Temple of Doom...

Long nosed, when you need to reach jut a little bit farther.

Used to put a curve into new or stubborn springs. Lightly squeeze up and down the spring for desired tension.

The Flute Cup Leveling Pliers permit adjustment of cups side to side laterally, that is centering on the hole. They also adjust side to side tilt and the back of the cup down, on closed and open hole flutes respectively.

The Flute Cup Leveling Pliers permit adjustment of cups side to side laterally, that is centering on the hole. They also adjust side to side tilt and the back of the cup down, on closed and open hole flutes respectively.

The Back Arm Pliers allows grasping the key cup arm from behind where it attaches to the cup, and tilting the front of the cup down. The pliers are both the fulcrum and the lever.

Kowalski Key Foot Pliers are an ideal tool for making minor alteration to the key cup venting, or when regulating lost motion. They will allow very easy adjustments of the key foot in any direction. This allows you to keep a consistent look to the felt or cork thickness, and reduces time in setup.

Perfect for cutting springs and key pins. Also great for grasping very short key pins without marring the surrounding key.

These pliers are essential to the bench. They are great for anything where a small but sturdy grip is needed.

This is the soft non-slip grip we use on our spring hooks. It's also great for smaller plier handles and many other things. Put it in hot water and it becomes soft and stretchable.