Mini-Me ! Snap On LN46ACF Triple Joint Needle Nose Plier. My new favorite plier in a crowded field.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2023
- Snap On LN46ACF The Mini-Me is here! The Snap On LN46ACF Triple Joint Needle Nose Plier is my new favorite plier in a rather crowded field. Runner ups include other Snap On and Knipex.
I got these from Joseph Hull, a Snap On dealer and TH-camr (channel: Snap-on Tools Tri-Counties) who live about as far away from me in Canada as possible. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Anyway, I saw his Snap On new tools video linked below and emailed him to see if I could buy a pair or two of the pliers from him. Happy to oblige, the pliers just arrived after traveling almost 3000 miles!
• NEW TOOLS ON THE TRUCK...
This channel alone has convinced me to buy more Snap On tools than any of their marketing.
Same here.
Ok, now imagine these pliers with the Knipex Twin-Grip pivot and adjustability. They'd be cheaper than those, too. Come on, Knipex!
Agree - the jaws on this are better but I prefer the button style adjustment on the knipex. Normally I just buy Knipex, especially as they're at least 1/2 the price (snap on prices are just mental) but as Knipex don't make a slip joint needle nose this is the first tool that has got me seriously considering Snapon!
I was skeptical at first on whether I'd need a pair, but then I saw you grab that 2 by 4.
I'll get the Icon set when it comes out😂
Got mine a couple weeks ago, walked on the truck and he had about 20 of them laid out pretty, quickly became my favourite plier
It was interesting my friend. Thankful👍👍👏👏👏
I’ve seen these on social media and can’t wait to get my own. Cool to see you got some!
They are worth every penny!!! Got the big ones over in the uk. Not little ones yet. Best pliers iv ever brought! So much gripping power and the machining work is second to none
What do you use them for ?
2 Trucks... I went to 2 TRUCKS last week, on the hunt for the LN46ACF... and neither of them had even heard of it yet. Nice score!
Love to see they made it to you!! Enjoy!! 😊
Thanks again! It was worth the wait. And thank you for the Snap On hat and magnet!
Love it. Very happy about this as I like the larger ones a lot but they are too big for things I work on most of the time. These will be utilized much more.
Doc rocks !
Now we need some 6 inch twin grips
Yes we do! Come on Knipex!
I want some bigger ones too
Better use a cut off tool then
Great stuff Doc. Have to hit my dealer up for a set.
Thanks for another great video brother. Leave it to Doc to get his hands on a pair before the trucks do, good job brother.
Those are so awesome especially when you gotta bend some cotter pins and you have a lot to bend they grip so well
Just got a pair off my local snap on guy. He is selling his stock very quickly. The little notch just shy of the tip is nice for grabbing certain connector bodies without marring up the whole thing.
Still hope they come out with a smaller pair along the size of the 125 5" cobras, those would be in the pocket everyday.
Those looks nice. I can't even imagine how many pliers you have. I thought I had a lot -ha! SnapOn makes great tool, no doubt. But they are expensive.
I just got the 9" pair and its awesome
Took me awhile to get the bigger pair can't wait for the smaller pair probably be just worth it to wait to get them
You really convinced me to buy some snap on tools, starting with these pliers. I purchased both sizes but interestingly, both arrived with uneven jaw length and "notchy" sticky changes in position. So far I am still left looking for the "snap on quality" that you often talk about. Not saying you are wrong, I was just looking forward to that experience.
The jaws are uneven by design on all pairs
@@deedeeramone34no, recently bought a pair off the truck and my guy was trying to tell me the same thing. When they are in the second and 3rd notch, yes. But in the 1st notch, the tips should be even when closed. I asked to see another pair and they were fine.
Just got the long ones. Short ones sold me. Good for fuses, relays sensor removal.
I hope that Knipex decides to release similar pliers, I can imagine a mix of the TwinGrip with the 08 22 145.
I want 3. I have 3 of the big brother and they are amazing.
Thanks so much doc! Mine should arrive in a week!
Snap on and leatherman collab, I bet if this plier head was put on a leatherman it would sell like hotcakes
Damn it my dealer is retiring soon. But those little ones would be perfect for instrumentation. Just because especially on Rosemont pressure transmitters you need a needle nose and a tweeker to terminate them. Having a little pair of the 3 POS needle nose to be able to tighten up flex connectors and use the same pliers to fish the wire into the terminals would be great
Snap On pliers are definitely premium stuff. I am disappointed that they choose to laser etch part numbers. I like lifetime tools to be stamped.
I'd be interested in hearing the differences you see between this and the TwinGrip.
don't own any snapon but I can tell by the sound those pliers are something different and special.
Special for what ? To look at ?
Yeah! :)
Snap on posted on their website, I ordered, only to notified a week later...the tool is not available to the public...weak!
I put off on the first ones because they were realistically unavailable the first year of availability. Now I got yet another to keep forgetting about. 😂. When I first saw the bigger ones I was all like “end game”.
Wow that's like a month's rent in SO pliers just in one camera shot 😬
I think the LN46ACF will become SO BEST pliers! The only downside of the LN46ACF is that it’s a behemoth!! Thanks for sharing and I will be eagerly awaiting to buy myself a pair once it’s available in the US
I completely agree with you, for I love everything about the 47s other than how large they are.
Nobody ever says what they use them for.
@@muddyriverdogzI wrench for a living and these come in very handy. Yesterday I used them to pull a cotter pin and today I used them to get a stuck wire out of a mig welding tip. I've used them for a ton of stuff.
bellissime!
I’ve been on the fence about the big ones. Wasn’t sure if I was gonna like them. I don’t use need.e nose that often, but I’m always down to get new tools. The handle size on the smaller version look a little small. Decisions decisions. I recently found your channel and I really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work.
My question always is what and i going to use them for ? Is there something they can do what i already have can't ?
I am waiting for my guy to get the smaller ones. I will just use them as standard pliers. And if I need needle nose for some weird reason I'll have them.
I just bought both pairs. One thing I can say is the the larger ones 47s are very large and bulky. The 46s have a normal practical size plier head but the handles seem too short. I have average size hands and they hang off the back of the handles. Kinda awkward in my opinion.
I appreciate good pliers, have many Japanese, German, Swedish and European offerings. Ive avoided Snap On due to the really high cost and the fact I dont use tools for a living to justify or use the great warranty Snap On has. But...Snap On has some awesome offerings these days that are such a cut above the rest, I don't think I can live without these new tools. USA manufacturing can really kick ass when it puts effort into something.
I take it you're an Australian? (user name) I'm asking because I would love to get my hands on some Swedish tools and it may be I'm just looking in the wrong places, but I never see any for sale in the usual spots I like to peruse in the states. As an engineer, I think Swedish engineering is criminally underrated and would love to try some of their tools out. For whatever it's worth I 100% agree with you on US manufacturing as well. We seem to have this dichotomy of it being absolute shit or extremely good and super expensive. In my experience even "cheap/bad" Japanese manufacturing is good, at least it blows our cheap stuff out the water.
Yeah!total top upload. catch ya later.😈
My dealer ordered 100 hoping he has them soon
Got to get a long set soon
I have Knipex, but also the more affordable, Made in USA Blackhawk/Proto line. I find them to be almost on par with Snap On, but at about 1/3 the price.
I’m waiting for the orange one to come out
Wow they aren't even on the website yet
I don't normally drink the Snap-On kool-aid, the only other tool from them I own is an SL80A 1/2" ratchet. BUT I just had to order a pair of these. They look too good not to indulge!
Yar-“mith” Nova Scotia 😂
Did you notice difference between the 46 and 47. The 46 has different groove in nose about 1/4 to 1/2 inch down that is not on the 47
Honest question I just bought a pair of the 9in. In the second setting the teeth do not aligned properly maybe .100" or so. Is that the way they're designed
I think absolute alignment is only possible in the first position due to the curved arch of the pivot and the somewhat crude manufacturing processes. Also, only the first pivot would be commonly used for precision grabbing. The other pivot options are suited for thicker workpieces. Yours are actually better aligned than mine.
Okay harbour freight, grab your copy machine
Woo whooo!!! Snap on comes today, I hope he got one of these on the truck!! 😀
Edit.. Man my snap on guy said they aren't available at all..
Dang!
When are they going to be available on the website?
I know for the 47s (larger size) it took awhile. I even want to go so far as to say it was 3+ months, but I'm not 100% sure about that number. I know it sucks for people like us that don't have a truck to visit and don't want to pay an even more insane mark up on Ebay via resellers... I really think Snap On shoots itself in the foot over stuff like this. IMO the truck model is beyond antiquated and they really should get with the times more.
This plier was the first item I purchased from Snap On, that started a slippery slope... and... your channel doesn't help, lol
NO MAC stuff ???
Did u notice in the middle position the jaws don't line up the same thing on the regular triple joint pliers
Yes. Due to the arc of the positioning holes, the center one is higher meaning that engagement in that position pushes the opposing jaw higher. All three position arched designed have this bug/feature. I assume the tradeoff is better and faster centering of the position compared to straight across where it would be easy to catch the spot between positions as often happens with conventional two-position slip joint designs.
Doc, do you happen to know the weight of the LN46ACF and LN47ACF pliers?
Snap-on doesn’t appear to provide that information in the specifications.
Thank you!
47 is 12.440 oz and the 46 is 7.345 oz
@@lastbesttool Fantastic! Thank you!
Harbour frieght will have a pair in their icon line. I guarantee it.
Yep, you can always depend on Harber Fake to steal and copy another company's idea.
Those wingnuts haven't had a original ideal yet.
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@@randysmith9636 I feel like it's gotten out of hand as of late. It seems like the lawsuit over the jack design theft was some sort of "draw" but with the pliers I really hope HF gets sued to oblivion they deserve it. People like to moan that nothing is made in the US anymore, but those same people don't give two shits when a design is blatantly stolen and made in Taiwan, but sold at half the price. Don't get me wrong I do think Snap Ons prices are insane and I do understand why people get upset when they can't afford it, but it just really rubs me the wrong way when a design is clearly stolen and people line up to buy it knowing such.
HF did the exact same thing with Knipex knock offs and those it makes even less sense as the price delta isn't even that large.
Can’t wait for icon to make these. They did the triple position already. Just need it in needle nose.
I get it that Snap On stuff is overpriced and they should lower their markup IMO, but if you can afford it I'd highly encourage you to support the original. HF has developed this habit of blatantly stealing designs from companies (Snap On, Knipex, etc.) then selling them at a lower price and it's bullshit. I genuinely hope they get sued into oblivion over this soon. It's easy to charge significantly less when you don't pay for the R&D.
@@specialK319319 Apparently you think the majority of the world should be sued by that line of thinking. Show me on the Doll where HF hurt you.
@@Callelle6251 If chinese companies could get sued more they would. I don't work in the tool industry so ultimately i'm not going to die on this hill. But cool take, "oh its totally fine to copy and paste something, not fully understand a design and then outsource it to sell it to people on the cheap" what a true hero you are.
Do you work at HF or something why do you ride their dick so hard?
@@specialK319319 definitely can’t justify snap on prices. Full time student.
@@flannel7977 Completely understand, I was in the same place when I was a student as well.
What's up with those diagonal cuts on the sides?
If they can make a 4" pair I'd try them out for pocket carry, but otherwise I don't see a place for them for me.
Heck if they can just make a 3 position versiom of the 44acf I'd try a pair right away, I'm currently back to carrying the 44acf in my pocket in place of my Sebertool m4 multitool.
I've said it many times and will say it again, I'm never going to drink the koolaid and I believe the Knipex hype will eventually settle down.
They're currently just a fad and eventually people will stop hating on those who prefer to stick with the old standandards that have gotten the job done the past 100 years.
Everybody else was raving about the micro Knipex pliers for EDC, but I went right against the grain and ordered the snapon 44acf instead.
I just find straight jaw pliers much more versatile and useful than angle headed pliers for pocket carry, and I'm an adjustable wrench kinda guy too so no pliers wrench.
The 44acf and my old MAC AW4 are a formidable pocket combination.
Did you get a new box what you are filming on just looks like a Mac box
Yes, a MAC 3-drawer with top opening roll cart.
Such a shame Snap On does not sale in Germany. I really don't get it.
German tools are better anyways lol
but do you ever really grab such large things with needle nose pliers? To be honest, does anyone ever really use the bolt grabbing part of pliers any more? I do like that you can make them almost parallel facing at certain sizes
I may not use the 'bolt grabbing' much, but overall the larger ones are fantastic... not only best new pliers of 2022, but best new tool as well!
Exceedingly useful/versatile!
I use mine in the 3rd position pretty often to fish in a bolt in switchgears
how much?
Wait for harber freight. Why pay more for same stuffs
Tbh as much as I want to order a pair of these I’m kinda scared to as I’ve had terrible experience with snap on. First off I live literally 3.2 miles from where these are made and have no way of getting their tools. I can only buy off their website and pay 15$ shipping fee for whatever I buy. Second, I ordered a few of those mini pry bars (while they were in stock on their website) literally over a year ago, I’ve contacted them three times about it with no response, then randomly out of the blue I get an email just about a week ago that they’ve cancelled my order. Didn’t refund the shipping either. Worst company ever.
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Great tool, but unobtanium per my rep 😢
Definitely going to grab a pair if my piece of shit snap on man ever decides to stop by the shop
Cant wait for the ICON model.
I have to stop watching your videos’. I just sent my snap on guy a text.
Too bad the steel they’re made up is barely hard, and rusts worse than a piece of mild steel...knipex pliers are 100% better. The jaws and the cross hatching was dull/flat in less than a month of using them maybe once a day for a simple task.
Icon is better.
That snap on needle nose is basically worthless for any delicate work. Its a fukin gimmick to get your money.