Good move, Steve. I bought the ratchet crimpers a few years ago and never looked back. The only issue I've had is the vinyl "cover" on one of the handles keeps 'sliding' off. Hardly an issue and it's just a question of remembering to glue the damned thing on. Somehow every time I use them, I always say something to the effect of " damn, I forget to glue the handle cover on - I'll get to it next time". "Next time" never seems to roll around, but since it had absolutely no bearing on how well they work, to me it's really a non-issue.
But for crimping connectors on? Nothing better on the market! S Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: "spetri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] West Marine Crimpers? > Thanks. I bought the WM crimper and started using it yesterday. Seems to > be a good quality tool and works really well. After a few crimps I never > want to go back to using the "pliers" type crimp again. > > I don't know if I'll end up using all of the dies, but I'll never be > worried > about not having the right tool for a job again! > > > -- > Stephen Petri > S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 > http://www.teamwitchcraft.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve > Weinstein > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] West Marine Crimpers? > > Steve, I would think that crimper would serve you well if you need all > those > > additional dies. I have the Ancor ratcheting crimper which looks > identical > to the one in the WM catalog except for the multiple dies. I doubt WM > makes > > their own tools. It's probably like many products where there are multiple > "brands" but, in fact, one or two companies manufacturing under license > for > each different "brand". > > If you need those additional dies, I'd go for the WM tool and not lose any > sleep over it. > > > Steve Weinstein > S/V CAPTIVA > 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 > Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY > > All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Petri" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:53 PM > Subject: [Liveaboard] West Marine Crimpers? > > >> Anyone have any experience with the ratchet crimpers from WM listed >> below? >> I generally shy away from WM tools but it looks like a good product with >> multiple dies and the price is right. A pair of Ancor ratchet crimpers >> with >> only one die is $70.00. >> >> >> WEST MARINE >> Multi-Die Ratcheting Crimper Kit >> >> > http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId >> > =98493&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=10109&subdeptNum=106 >> 11&classNum=10614 >> >> >> -- >> Stephen Petri >> S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 >> http://www.teamwitchcraft.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
