where can I find small flat nose pliers

-- look at the notched flat nosepliers. One of the people in our wire class at WH had those. They were really neat. The only problem is that Rock Haus is wholesale only -- you must have resale number to order from them.

Also Jessie had several flat nose pliers that had been modified by grinding the tips. My husband has promised to do that for me, but I haven't bought a pair for him to grind down yet. If that works, I'll let you know.

Elise

Maybe Radio Shack or a place that sells tools for electronics.

Tina

Yep, those look like they'd work, but I don't have a resale number either. Darn.

I thought about the grinding too, because I think that's what my teacher last year had done to some of her pliers, but I wouldn't know who would have the equipment to do that.

That's a thought. It can't hurt. Thanks Tina.

If Ed's successful, I'll let you know and you can either mail some flat nose pliers up here or come visit ... I'd trade his work for lampwork :-)

What are the notched or ground pliers good for? What do you do with them that works better with them than with pliers with standard ends?

Deirdre

Thanks! I didn't know there was such a thing!

That'd be a deal!

A friend of mine in Ct. said there's a gem show up there next week and she'll look for me some. That'd be great too!

Thanks Susan. I'll talk to hubby about giving that a try.

Hi Deirdre,

I'm not sure what notched pliers are for. What I want is smaller flat nose pliers. If you look at this bracelet:

you can see where the wire is pulled up in front of the stone. If you look close to the bracelet, you can see where I turned the wire up with the pliers. I would like smaller pliers for making that area smaller.

No, wrong shape. They need to be flat on top for what I use them for.

I have a set of micro pliers I got from PMC Guild. They're 3mm.

Tina

The site I expected to refer you to is down. I'll have to look some more.

Tina