Ridgid 14238 Specifications: Model No.: S42 Capacity/Metals: Soft (15RC-Soft steel & nonferrous metals,bolts,screws,rivets,wire): 11/16" Medium (31RC-Iron & steel): 9/16" Hard (42RC-Stainless steel,spring wire,heat-treated rod,reinforcing rod): 1/2" Overall Length: 44" Ridgid 14238 Features: Hardened alloy steel jaws are designed and manufactured to assure the longest possible blade life. One-step internal cam mechanism provides the quickest and simplest way to keep the cutting blades precisely aligned. Handles and grips designed to allow greater mechanical advantage for crisp, controlled cutting.