Stanley 1-69-100 Stud Crimping Pliers for Drywall Profiles

Stanley 1-69-100 Stud Crimping Pliers for Drywall Profiles

Stanley 1-69-100 is a hand tool for permanently joining metal drywall profiles without screws or rivets. The joint is made with a single squeeze by cold-folding the sheet metal.

How the joint works

The jaws punch through both profiles and fold the cut tabs into one another, producing a cold mechanical lock. The metal is deformed rather than pierced and clamped, so the joint does not work loose under vibration, and there is no screw head protruding above the profile to stop the board sitting flat.

Why not screws

This is the main practical benefit. Self-tapping screws need separate driving, they protrude, and when boarding you have to think about where they land. Crimping is faster, needs no consumable and leaves a flat surface. Building partitions and suspended ceilings, the difference in pace shows up in the first room.

Capacity

The pliers work with sheet up to 0.8 mm per profile and U-sections up to 1.2 mm total thickness. That covers the standard CD, UD, CW and UW profiles used in drylining.

When a screw is still the better choice

Crimping is permanent, and that is an advantage until something has to come apart. For temporary structures, for alignment that may still change, and in places the jaws cannot reach - a profile pressed tight against a wall, for instance - a screw remains the only option. In practice the two methods complement each other: crimping takes the great majority of joints and screws cover the exceptions.

One-handed operation

The lever ratio is sized so that punching and folding happen one-handed with moderate effort. That matters when the other hand is holding the profile in place - which, working overhead, it almost always is. The handles carry non-slip vinyl grips with stops that keep the hand from sliding towards the jaws.

Who it is for

The tool is aimed at drylining installers building suspended ceilings and partition walls. It has a hanging ring for a belt, which is practical on a ladder or scaffold - the pliers are used every half metre of profile, and returning them to the bag each time is wasted movement.

Technical specifications

Applications

• Building plasterboard partition walls
• Suspended ceilings and CD/UD profile frames
• Joining CW and UW profiles
• Lining and drylining in refurbishment

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