Actually useful pliers - designed for 3D printing

If you want a set of useful pliers that actually work and are properly designed for 3D print from the ground up, these are for you.

I was sick of seeing so many pliers that were just copies of existing metal ones and would break in the first use… so I decided to see if I could design a set with the specific outcome of being useful for using on soft materials like plastic and wood.

If printed in high strength material (I used PET-CF in my case) they are actually really strong and can be used for many tasks on soft materials.  In PLA they are still really strong but have a bit of flex.

These are actually the same part printed twice as I thought it was a good design challenge to do this.  They snap together and form a strong pivot (it takes a bit of force to get them together, I lay them on the floor, align the parts and stand on top).

I welcome any feedback on this design.

It was a bit of fun to do and I think I have made something unique.  

It took quite a few prototypes to get it right as you can see here.

Let me know if you find it useful and any suggestions for improvements.