M14 castle nut pliers

[yomomma]

It's like using a sledge hammer to put finishing nails in. What else are you going to use your modified vice grips for? You guys do what you like but myself I like to have the right tool.

Mine double to hold steal together when I weld

 

[6MT]

Mine double to hold steal together when I weld

 

[yomomma]

Even being a spelling Nazi is not cool.

 

[45ACPKING]

I modified my first pair of clamp vise grips into castlenut pliers long before I even joined CGN.
Been copied by others ever since
What brought me to make them was the junky ones coming out of the U.S. at the time and I wanted a sturdy, last me a lifetime tool that would defeat the most stubburn of castlenuts without mucking up the dimensions or finish.
I'd say the vice grip clamp type castlenut pliers are the superior tool for the job if you are planning to be able to use them repeatedly for years. I also use mine for other castlenuts I encounter working on machines, AR buffer tube lock nuts ect.
The normal ones work fine too if you get a decently made pair.

 

[ipscgraz]

I made mine out of a small set of Mastercraft vicegrips in about 30 minutes. Soft enough I just used a file and not even a bench grinder. Work perfectly.
I will add a pic when I get home.

 

[Seafury]

I'm too clumsy to use something as unwieldy as a modified pair of vice grips without dinging something up.

 

[ipscgraz]

Found the pics

As I said, about 30 mins with a file.

 

[B]

I know it's been mentioned but the pliers offered by brownells are garbage. I wrecked mine the first time I used them. Seem to be made of 1/8" #### steel...