Channel Lock Pliers Holder for 1/4" Pegboard – Handles Up, Grab and Go

Channel locks don't stay on pegboard hooks

Tongue-and-groove pliers (most of us call them channel locks) are long, heavy at the head, and their handles spread apart. Hung on a pair of pegboard hooks, they swing, slide around and drop off when you grab the tool next to them.

This holder works like a holster. The pliers drop in jaws first and stand there with the handles up, ready to grab.

How it works

• Drop in jaws first: the pliers go into the slot in the slanted top. The jaws come out through the bottom and the handles stand up out of the top.

• Handles lean out: the slot is tilted, so the handles lean away from the board and you can get your hand around them.

• Jaws stay underneath: the jaws hang below the holder, close to the board, out of the way.

• Grab and go: pull up on the handles and the pliers come straight out. To put them back, drop them in.

• Labeled: "CHANNEL LOCKS" is engraved on the front, so they always go back in the same place.

How it hangs

It uses the same printed screw as my Coping Saw Holder and my other pegboard holders. The screws go into the board first and the heads stay out. The holder hangs on them.

• Grips the hole: the special 1/4"-20 thread is slightly oversize, so it bites into the edge of the pegboard hole and holds tight.

• Self-centering: a tapered tip drops into the hole and centers the screw as you start it.

• Flat-blade drive: the head has a slot for an ordinary flat-head screwdriver.

• Locks the holder on: the underside of the head is a cone. The keyhole slots on the back have tapered lips that fit that cone, so the holder can't pull away from the board.

Pegboard compatibility

• Standard pegboard with 1/4" (6.35 mm) holes on 1" (25.4 mm) spacing

• Tested on 3/16" (4.8 mm) thick pegboard

• Not for IKEA Skådis or other slotted boards

Dimensions

• Holder: 1.8" wide × 5.1" tall (45.7 × 129.1 mm)

• Sticks out from the board: 4.9" (125.0 mm)

• Slot: 3/4" (19.1 mm) wide

• Keyholes: 2, spaced 3" (76.2 mm) apart

Print settings

PrusaSlicer estimates 7 h 38 min and 96 g of PETG for the holder on my Original Prusa i3 MK3S. The two printed screws are extra. I printed mine in white PETG. My PrusaSlicer config file is included.

• Printer: Original Prusa i3 MK3S, 0.4 mm nozzle

• Slicer profile: 0.20mm QUALITY @MK3 (PrusaSlicer 2.9.6)

• Material: Generic PETG, 240 °C nozzle; 85 °C bed for the first layer and 90 °C after

• Layer height: 0.2 mm

• Perimeters: 2

• Infill: 5% gyroid

• Top / bottom solid layers: 5 / 4

• Supports: none

• Brim: none

• Orientation: standing upright, the way it hangs. The STL is already in print orientation.

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If you print one, please post a Make, and tell me which pliers you put in it.