Personally I do so few TP cables that I still use the utility knife method to score
the jacket enough for removal but now thinking I could remove the coax stripper's
center blade & repurpose it's crappy ass for for TP work. Unlike coax, UTP (TP might
be different) is like wire where you only need to score the jacket so any wire
stripper with right gauge hole will do.
Brand wise I am partial to Ideal or Paladin/Datashark.
My "cabling" kit consists of:
~$80 Idea Crimp Master w/ WE/SS RJ-45 (AFAIK *NOT* AMP) die.
~$40 Idea RG6 coax die.
Going on 9 years and has dies available for most everything.
http://www.idealindustries.com/products/datacomm/tools/crimpmaster.jsp
~$20 Datashark (Paladin) compression crimper
http://www.datasharktools.com/view_tool.php?id=488&pid=261
"F" compression fittings way better!
$15 Deluxe Coax stipper
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062637&tab=summary
$30 Ideal "Adjustable Coaxial Stripper"
Junk purchased in a pinch but it sucks so bad I never use it.
http://www.idealindustries.com/products/datacomm/tools/adjust_coaxial_stripper.jsp
~$30 combined for Ideal's standard wire stripper & round cable cutter tools.
Various type connectors from Ideal.
Bobby Heid wrote:
Hey,
I was thinking about buying 1000' spool of cat6 (to future proof) cable,
connectors, and the tools to make my own custom cables. What tools do I
need beside a crimper/cutter? Do I need a tester?
I was looking at these crimpers:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10509&cs_id=105
0901&p_id=3348&seq=1&format=3
Thanks for any suggestions.
Bobby
