Originally Posted by
Chombi
Holy Canoli!
That ginormous, medieval looking, hulking, heavy thing of a tool just to put a crimp on a teeny weenie cable cap??!
.......I suspect that it might not be as big as it looks??
Chombi
It's pretty small, actually:
The advantage is that when it crimps, it stays crimped. This is useful when making double-ended cables for e.g. obscure three speed shift cables and such.