Originally Posted by
beech333
I am asking with the utmost respect, but what is the advantage of the crimper over just using some pliers? I assume this is for the cable end caps/crimps. Is it more even in the way it squeezes them? Look nicer? Easier to use?
I do love a dedicated crimper, though the one I use is a remnant of my audio circuit building days, complete with gauge markings. And I just happened to be using it the moment before I saw this thread! As I assume the VAR does, it produces a nice, clean, symmetrical crimp with very little effort and really squeezes the
hell out of those endcaps enough that I’ve never had one slip off. If I use the 18awg crimp on a brake cable, that thing is basically fused on.
Needless to say, there are a couple other appealingly priced tools here that have me coping with temptation…
The VAR certainly looks way cooler, though.