Originally Posted by Kelly Johnson:
The best suitcase squasher I ever saw was a set of fishing pliars you see commonly around salt water that are 6-8" long and the jaws are made to stay parallel from closed to wide open and they open more than enough for suitcase connectors and are cheap enough to be just the thing.
I agree - at least if we are thinking of the same thing. They aren't that big ir difficult to use - work just like any other pliers. I never associated these with salt water but the way their jaws open and close I use them for this and other applications where I don't want anything but a steady parallel pressure on the items being clamped. I don't know what you call them but I;d bet dollars to Donuts Northern Tool has them.
