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View manifest View in Mirador ViewerSlip Joint Pliers are for gripping round work, such as pipes and nuts. These pliers are made of steel, have an adjustable grip and yellow plastic covered handles. Made by Fuller Tools. Fuller first started in Whitestone New York in the 's. In two Canadian brothers, Stanley and Lloyd Davis set up production and made tools near Montreal. In the early 's, Fuller moved to Montreal and the US manufacturing facility was consolidated with the Canadian facility. These pliers were used by Jillian Gross while working for Habitat for Humanity, a not-for-profit, non-government organization advocating affordable housing around the world.
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August , Jillian Gross had worked with Habitat for Humanity for three years learning woodworking and house-building skills. Groups such as Habitat for Humanity marshaled volunteers, tools and lumber to step in when it became clear that normal avenues of housing assistance were overwhelmed.
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In November , Habitat for Humanity launched &#;America Builds on the National Mall,&#; a demonstration house-building marathon in Washington, D.C. in which the basic components of 51 homes were assembled within a week and shipped to the Gulf Coast. Upon completion of the project Ms. Gross, one of the house building leaders during this event, donated her tool belt, tools and protective wear to the Smithsonian Institution. The plyers were found in the tool belt.
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Pliers (plyers) are a hand operated tool used mostly for holding and gripping objects. You might use a pair of pliers to grip a plumbing pipe and loosen it. Pliers are also used for bending (round-nose pliers) and cutting wire (pliers with jaws that can cut soft wire and nails.) Diagonal cutting pliers are used for cutting wire and small pins in areas that cannot be reached by larger cutting tools. Adjustable slip-joint pliers have grooved jaws, and the pivot hole in one member is elongated so that the member can pivot in either of two positions in order to grasp objects of different sizes.
Simple pliers are an ancient invention - no one inventor can be named. With the first use fire for cooking and warmth, mankind had the problem of handling hot coals and other objects. We used sticks and wooden tongs at first, bronze tongs (early pliers) replaced wooden ones around BC.
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