Hog Ring Pliers

[locoglaus]

Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

[mdseaside]

I use the auto load hog ring pliers. They take a little getting use to and can be a little hard to load sometime. But all in all a great product.

[johnsbrewhouse]

locoglaus Buy a good pair, your hands will thank. You can get them at Waltons or most hardware stores

[lkrfletcher]

locoglaus
I do them 1 at a time. Standard pliers and small hog rings.

[kyle]

I got mine at a automotive swap meet. They were used by upholsters as in most old cars , hog rings are what held the seat covers on.

[4Rvryoung1]

Local Farm supply store should have all you need, Orschelns locally

[Gbuck1]

locoglaus I used hog ring pliers for years then switched to auto hog ring crimper and now since been electrician for 40 years i use tywraps with ss barb they were free and work great in smoker

[PapaSop]

locoglaus
You just reminded me a what I forgot to add to my last Walton’s order. Argh. Have an old L E M one but need an upgrade. The auto feed is worth it to me when usually working solo.

[locoglaus]

Gbuck1 that’s awesome lol. I’m an electrician to and that a great point!

[locoglaus]

PapaSop thank you I just bought an auto load I’m sure it’ll be bettter than the non loading one I was trying to use.

[Gbuck1]

locoglaus I use panduit tywraps and a panduit tywrap gun use for liver sausage and summer sausage ,the liver sausage get pretty hot and have never had one break. and teaches kids how to install tywraps had 1000s of them laying around

[opah73]

locoglaus got mine at amazon i like em

[YooperDog]

locoglaus I replaced my manual set with an automatic loading one from Waltons. A lot easiee and efficient than the former. Zip ties will work also, along with a tape machine. If you have some spare change there are some really nice automated machines out there. But my wife is a little tight with the checkbook when it comes to those things. LOL.

[Barth]

Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong … using the SINGLE HOG RING PLIER and the 1/2" hog rings … they do not crimp closed enough to hold to summer sausage casings I have tried using them on. A full clamp down on the plier still leaves a 1/4" hole or gap inside the closed hog ring.

[YooperDog]

Barth have you tried folding over/doubling up the area you want apply the hog ring to?

[Barth]

YooperDog Got these a couple years ago and failed to get them to work for me then. I don’t recall what method I actually tried at the time, but I have since used other tying methods. I will give them another try this weekend and double up the area I want to apply the hog ring to and see if I can have better success this time. Is this what every type of plier requires doing or is this just a bad plier type?

[YooperDog]

Barth I didn’t have good luck with the single load pliers and went with auto loading and it works better. I found doubling up worked better for both, but not always necessary with the auto load, maybe because of a better grip.

[akdave]

I use the standard autoload and they work great for bigger summer sausage but when doing smaller diamater trail bologna casings I have to recrimp them with the manual hog ring crimpers to get them tight enough. I have had no luck finding a pair of smaller autoload crimpers and wished I could find some… Any one know where I can get a pair?

[opah73]

barth i think you need 3/8 hog rings. thats what i use and they work well. 1/2 are just to big by a little bit.