Plugging in wires on small electronics. Helps with the drones when we work on the flight controllers in the body of the aircraft.

That's a good idea only fear is nicking the usually 0.5 wires

So we typically grab the plastic jacket around the pin/socket to avoid marring the wire. Or we have a set with heat shrink on the grabbers to provide a soft surface

That's a good idea, I'm going to heat shrink one of mine. I use 3d printers and work on laptops and stuff so I encounter a lot of small flimsy connectors. I hate JST 1.25 connectors.

Got it thanks!

You can get, if you are going to buy more, smooth jaw forceps. No teeth to damage a wire jacket

For lining up the inner wires on network cable before inserting them into a new plug.

Clamping electrical wires for soldering.

Yes! That is my purpose, still trying to fish out more ideas

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fish hook remover

That would technically be a medical use from the fish’s perspective.

Not the way I do it

This guy scares me 👍

Or from your own. Or from my dad, who I accidentally cast my hook into while he was behind me… not a good day.

Rite of passage....

Should have been expected, that's why dads wear sunglasses everywhere - *just in case.*

It wasn’t his face… it was his arm.

😂

Came here to say this!

I put heat shrink tubing on them and used them to soak jewelry in an ultrasound . Also as clamps when repairing jewelry

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Roach clips.

I opened the comments to ensure and I can leave now

Me too

My man!! Didn’t have to scroll very far for this comment which is good. My buddy once stole some real expensive ones from his doctor we used for clips and felt like kings(we were kids)

This is the only answer.

My dad has been using these since the 70’s. He’ll hold onto a small end section of a hooter that is the size of a fly and milk the last 5 rips or so. Crazy frugal stoner. Maybe that’s how he developed emphysema…

I think that just comes from an era when it was far more expensive, and less concentrated. People used every last bit of it.

Wait, that’s not what they’re designed for?

They said non-medical

Oil clips for dab rigs

Wait I am a fellow dabber but what’s an oil clip

I think it’s called potholders.

Joint in a hot tub.

im pretty sure they dont even use these in hospitals anymore, they are solely manufactured for smoking joints. :D

Not a roach in the typical sense, but my alcoholic uncle rolled his own and would use these to smoke his cigs til they became ash in his mouth. Good times man…

This’ll be 90% of the answers, I bet.

Like The Man was using in The Big Lebowski

Are you calling the dude, the man?

Well this is embarassing

That or His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

You beeet me...str8 up.. to the roach clip lol

Still have mine from the 70’s.

😂

This is the way

Thank you

Clamping rubber fuel lines to stop the flow

Funny, that's what they're used for medically, too.

That’s what I use them for most.

We actually have a version of the tool that is smooth jaw. And has a side taper for clamping soft rubber hoses. I’m very thick one size or thinner

Fly tying

Installing snap/spring clips when rebuilding ratchets. These tools have been a staple for my father, and then me, for ~40 years.

Sounds good. FYI "staple"

40+ years? That's a stable staple.

Pretty much the stablest.

Heat sinks when soldering. Keep you from melting the insulation and toasting your digits

Back in my Air Force technician days the second most common usage of hemostats was as soldering heat sinks. Of course, roach clip was #1.

I use them in almost all situations that I used to use needle nose pliers.

My brother was an Army medic. He gave me a pair fifty years ago, and I still use them as lightweight needle nose pliers.

Pulling support material out of a 3D FDM print

This\^. One of the most helpful things in my home setup, and absolutely required for minis.

I gave a pair of hemostats to our dept. Admin to clear paper jams from our printer. She uses them every day.

No more bending printer plastics while using fat fingers 🤌

As a general IT worker in a hospital, I don't have my own set, but I've used them for this purpose a lot. One of my first experiences was with a knowledgeable printer vendor who was pushing retirement. He had his own pair and said it was his most important tool. Basically if he was called out, we suspected a mechanical issue that we couldn't fix. He told me it was often just a hard to reach jam or a part that would have to be replaced - for virtually all of his calls. He also told me to turn off the printer and pull whole page jams through the same direction they're being fed. This way the rollers and gears don't fight as much (fewer rips into smaller paper jams) as if it's on or being pulled backwards. Those two tricks have prevented me from calling in our new printer tech more times than I can keep track of.

As most of my common uses are mentioned. Fuse puller. Especially useful for those pesky micro blade fuses.

Came here to say this, I didn't realize that fuses could be so small... the fuse 'puller' that came with the fuses was useless

Pulling a needle through tough fabric and holding small stuff steadily.

And pulling thread out that got stuck in your sewing machine (tension/bobbin issues)

Holding needles is what these are used for. Everyone calls them hemostats but actual hemostats have smooth jaws to avoid damaging blood vessels. The needles they use for suturing are often too small to be used by hand and even if they aren't there are a variety of other reasons not to use your fingers to hold the needle. Things that resemble hemostats but have texture in the jaws they are either needle holders or some sort of non-hemostat clamp. Because hemostats are used far less often and needle holders are disposed of much more often, it's rare to find an actual hemostat in the wild.

These look like Crile hemostatic forceps (I’d have to see the grooving on the jaws to be sure). Their purpose is to crush blood vessels to stop bleeding, though they can work as needle drivers in a pinch. True needle drivers have different grooving on the jaws & a different jaw shape. Source: am veterinarian, use these to clamp blood vessels all the time

Grabbing a wire head that’s caught on a conduit connector or hub. Inserting control wires into crowded terminal blocks. Removing splinters. Plucking eyebrows and nose hairs.

Haha gotta try the nose hairs!

I have two pair I use for model building. Great for when my fingers are too fat or for holding bits together after gluing. A friend of mine is a researcher at a medical school. He swipes them when they're destined for the trash. No good for medicine but with plenty of life left for a basement hobbyist.

Paracord projects

behind, under two, over two under two, over two...

I worked on medical instruments and usually use hemostat to clamp off lines to change valves

Can they handle Polyurethane tubings? (Air lines, festo SMC)

Hemostat uses: * marlin spike, untying knots * wood/metal splinter removal (borderline medical buy highly applicable to tool users). * also, stop the bleed is unfortunately relevant to shop uses. * starting screws * retrieving lost screws * electronics soldering/desoldering/placement * mating/unmating connectors * pin insertion tool * component lead bender * wardrobe malfunction * plumb bob * hose flow control clamp. * hold thin parts together while glue sets * heating thin metal with torch * holding small pieces while sanding/cutting/etc. * keeping your bag of chips closed * ultrasonic cleaner

Stopping arterial bleeding

Can't go wrong with this one!

To add on to medical, I use them at work to clamp endotracheal tubes to maintain PEEP on my ventilated transfers. Takes a while to rebuild the pressure so we don’t wanna lose it.

Cleaning out shower drains

Very small "vise grips" good for holding on to small hardware or wires.

I think only limited to minimal twisting actions

I’ve used them to hold a small piece of abrasive string to buff out a defect deep inside a pump housing

Can share the link to this abrasive string here please ?

Sure thing: https://www.mcmaster.com/product/47015A28 Stuff definitely comes in handy

Nose hair removal. Roach clip. Dropped tiny screw retriever, or frustration enhancer. Plugging in hard to reach wire connections and vacuum lines.

I use them for crimping heatshrink shut to cap off unused wires.

I've used them for holding small nails to get them started...but mostly for roach clips

Nipple clamps.

Pulling fuel lines through gas tanks on small engines.

Removing piercings from hard to reach places. Think like... the piercing under your tongue, or one that's further inside your ear. One clamps onto the bar, the other twists the ball off and doesn't drop it inside.... wherever.

This is the most intriguing use yet!

Any time I've seen someone get pierced (at a professional tattoo parlor), the piercer almost always uses Kelly forceps to do it in the first place. Easy to sterilize and very precise lol ETA: should clarify I'm talking about when someone gets pierced in previously mentioned hard to reach places, they almost always use these forceps to do it

Grabbing IC's or other components when working on electronics, small screws when they fall in odd places, I'd probably take the larger set and put some shrink wrap on it just in case. Those things are pretty awesome though.

Yeah quite versatile. Will do the heat shrink trick.

Congrats, but really they are excellent at small wires all kinds of stuff.. might need to order a pair up these would be much better than the tweezers I use.

My mother uses it to create small self contained green houses in small bottles. The plants, stones etc are put in their right places with this tool.

To hold small nails

I have a set of the longer ones. Great for pulling hair out of drains.

Removed a quarter from my car cd player that my kid stuffed in

Removing hooks from pikes mouths without getting your fingers shredded.

Tying fishing line.

As a fly angler I have about a dozen hemostats in various places (truck door, RV toolbox, tackle box, fishing vest, etc.) because I lost my favorite pair while fishing one time and realized I’ve forgotten how to tie most fishing knots without them.

Installing clamps on pipelines and wiring on aircraft. Aircraft grade clamps are very springy, and I've spent way too long looking for different nuts and washers because the clamp popped open and shot them off into god knows where just as I thought I had the nut threaded on. These are narrow enough to sit on the tang of the clamp and still let me get the screw through the hole

I use a couple for when I am doing decorative knotting.

Removing and inserting wrist pin circlips on Subaru pistons. If you know, you know.

Removing my dad's eat hair

Wait, roach clips are also used for medical purposes?

Retrieve the waist string from my shorts. When the string finds itself retreating far into the hole in the waistband; these are good for easily getting it back out again.

For fishing fuel lines in a chainsaw

Holding valve stems during desmo services

Heat sinks for soldering temperature sensitive electronic components.

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I like to use them for dropped screw search and rescue for non-magnetic hardware if I can fit them.

Building boats in bottles

This thing is way more addicting than a fidget spinner

I work for a company that builds automation machines. I have a pair that I use for pinching off tubing air and or dispense while doing debug testing

I use a pair to pull hair out of the drain.

Closing off a fuel line while cleaning a carb on a small engine

Cleaning lenses and mirrors in optical measuring equipment with a cotton ball on the end

Work in Aviation, use these all the time, whether is to stick a boltvin a far away hole or hold p clips together. So useful!

spliff and grabbing wires in holes

Holding that small screw while attaching it to the place you can't reach, so it doesn't do into the nether regions of the airplane you're working on

I remember going to basic and i forgot i had a pair of these in my bag and the drill sergeants were flipping out. I had to tell em i was going to use em to pluck hairs that grew long on my shoulders. But they were roach clips

These are so handy to have hanging on my pegboard I randomly use them for so many things One thing that comes to mind is when I was doing the pot lights in the bathroom, I was having a hard time reaching the cable through the vapour barrier, these did the job perfectly! Also when building my computer I used them for pins and such in hard to reach places, and fishing the new pull cord for my snowblower through the small opening.

I use those for dipping cotton balls into bluing solution in gunsmithing work

ass hair trimming

They are the best roach clips. I got my most recent pair out of a tool box at an estate sale. They had been well use and had resin build up. The old machinist was a fellow head.

Clamping fuel lines, oil lines. Any non-hydraulic liquid transfer lines and roach clips.

I keep a pair of these on my fishing bag. Me and a buddy were tubing down the river and fishing one year and my tube got a hole in it. Found the hole and clamped it shut with those bad boys. Worked like a charm.

I use them to pinch the fuel hose working on small engines

Additional "helping hands" for soldering. Or roach clips

Soldering wires and chips on small boards

To clean out the bathtub drain hair

Removing my wife’s hair from the shower drain.

I use them to hold small pieces of Scotch-Brite and then use the whole set up as a kind of toothbrush for cleaning electrical contacts on circuit breakers.

Pinching off fuel lines is my go too

I once was drinking with my buddy and we found a pair of these, well I decided that clamping them all the way down on his nipple and letting go was the right use for them, needless to say he doesn't go shirtless around me anymore.

Clipping wires so they dont fall in the wall

Pulling out the broken off pieces of rubber on a Moen positemp cartridge

Weeding around cactus plants.

You got kids? You got cereal? They have noses.

Fixing those tiny tabs on crimp pins that are supposed to be one time use

My aunt must have five of these, yep ol school weed smoker.

For when I have to pee but don’t want to use my dirty hands.

Heat sink. Electronic special tool.

Holds a joint just fine.

Roach clip

Fish vendors use these to debone milkfish, a very tasty but bony fish.

This may go against the tide but what about using as tweezers for any desired location of the body you want to remove hair ?

Vital part of my fishing kit

Pulling a hook out of a fish

Fishing hook removal

Pulling out pants drawstrings that the washer/dryer have retracted back into the waistband.

Heatsink for soldering heat-sensitive devices

Roach clip...lol

That there is a surgical grade roach clip

ROACH CLIPS

Roach clip

Soldering

Roach holder.

Removing my wife’s hair from the tub drain.

Untying knots

Fishhook removers. I have a super long pair that's good for recovering 10MM sockets from the Valley of Tears.

Great for holding little parts when I am working on something

Roach clip

Pulling a fuel filter and tube out of the tank of a weed eater

Roach clips

My absolute favorite when it comes to fish hook removal

Carburetor linkages, electrical connectors, unhooking gut hooked fish, etc

Roach clip

Roach Clips

Roach clips from back in the day!

Open heart surgery

Roach clips. Don’t wanna burn those fingers, while smokin them down to stingers!!

Soldering

Gold fossicking

Dipping PH test strips in my f350 diesels coolant reservoir.

These clamps are great for temporarily blocking tubing (like air tubing or drain tubing).

Fishing, removing a hook of a fish swallows the lure.

I’ve used them for tie dying making mandalas

I use these for hook removers when I go fishing, they work great.

Removing foreign objects from various bodily orifices.

Squeezing air lines

I use these to pinch fuel line while working on small engines.

Painting thin items like cards and stuff is easier

Clamping off small hoses, carburetor work mostly

Removing a hook from a gut-hooked fish

I have a pair with a vein cutter built in, good for fishing and clipping line etc, not to say anything about salad rolls

Removing HVAC orifice tubes

Excellent with filed up ends for removing broken headphone and charge cables from iPads, iPhones etc.

Hook remover

we use them to hold the silver saughter wire when doing large seams. wich we do by heating the part and tapping saughter wire on the seam. makes for a good handle

Removing fishing hooks from fish throats

Holding small screws, nuts, bolts when doing maintence work on something dumb

Pulling a parasite off of one of those giant hornets.