Irwin VISE-GRIP Contest
From now through Oct. 31, 2008, consumers are invited to share the different and unique ways they have used VISE-GRIP locking pliers or wrenches to solve problems either in the workplace or at home.
All you have to do is sign-up at the Irwin Site and share a brief story. You’ll be entered in a contest with prizes ranging from wrench and pliers sets to the grand prize of an IRWIN VISE-GRIP custom-branded chopper built by East Coast Custom Cycles (valued at $25,000)!
Of course I entered the contest but I read some of the other entries as well. Here are a few gems I found:
- “Got sick of waiting for husband to fix leaky sink and did it myself”
- “I don’t know my tools. I use the Honey dew approach to tool working jobs.”
- “Working outside one day my Bluejeans had its top button pop off. Not having another pair to put on at the time I just used a pair of vise-grips to keep the jeans “buttoned” until I got to a point I could stop and get another pair of jeans. The grips were heavy but they worked great. What more could you ask of a tool?”
Sign up at the Irwin site and check out the entries for yourself.
What do you think? Will you enter?
August 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
I don’t know if I’ll get around to entering… but I though I would share MY good use here… prying EACH and EVERY masonry nail holding the siding on our house by hand using the careful twist out method. AAACK! It’ll be a while before I can look at my vise grips again.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am
I think the question is too broad…I mean, what CAN’T you use vice-grips for? They are my favorite non-power tool of all time.
Seriously, I think we’ve used them on every project. I’ll have to scour the blog for particularly good instances.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Haha! I just realized I spelled that vice and not vise. I made those pliers sound very dangerous, indeed!
August 21st, 2008 at 11:27 am
@Jennifer, Sounds horriby tedious. But way to use the vise grips.
@Amalie, very dangerous pliers.
Don’t forget to leave comments on the other Irwin post to enter our contest.