Could someone please tell me the basic difference between these two items? They look to do virtually the same thing, but then why would there be two different items? Most everyone I work with has the seamer but I haven't seen anyone have the "seamer tongs" yet. Difference? Advantages to one or the other? Thanks in advance. http://www.midwestsnips.com/products_individual.php?prod_ID=31&pass=yes http://www.midwestsnips.com/products_individual.php?prod_ID=63&pass=yes
Ima gonna make swag that the tongs are not leveraged like the other seamer. I bet those tongs were around in the days of old when men were bold and the women were proud of it. Then some mechanical engineer came up with the compound lever so the rest of us wimps could mash tin with the real men. The tongs only have one fulcrum point.
Seamer - with the extra fulcrum point, you can crimp a seam. Tong - just for grabbing a bending. you got to have a death grip to make a good seam.
The tongs were used for lap solder joints, mostly roofers, but they don't do that anymore, so the will probably go by the way like pattern snips Damn I would love to find a good pair of Wiss W17 snips 16-18 inches long
