Comments on: Twelve Tons Of Green Crimping Fury http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: TomCat http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-84431 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:56:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-84431 Sorry boys, but on the oil rigs I work on, we use the Burndy 18 volt crimper, for as they say in Desparado, "It is easier to pull the trigger, than play the guitar." Sorry boys, but on the oil rigs I work on, we use the Burndy 18 volt crimper, for as they say in Desparado, “It is easier to pull the trigger, than play the guitar.”

]]> by: ElectricMotorcycles http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-84331 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:12:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-84331 I'd *LOVE* to have these but they're just a touch outside of my budget. So, what I did was to get a 1 ton arbor press from HF and Brute Terminal Crimper. Put the Brute in the arbor and have at it. I'm on my second EV and so far so good. Brute Crimper: http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+L0D6CB120322702001606041+M37+ENG HF Press: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=3552 I’d *LOVE* to have these but they’re just a touch outside of my budget. So, what I did was to get a 1 ton arbor press from HF and Brute Terminal Crimper. Put the Brute in the arbor and have at it. I’m on my second EV and so far so good.

Brute Crimper:
http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+L0D6CB120322702001606041+M37+ENG

HF Press:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=3552

]]> by: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-83763 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:36:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/06/25/twelve-tons-of-green-crimping-fury/#comment-83763 Except for the green handles, that looks *exactly* identical, down to the handle-twist release mechanism, to the Thomas and Betts TBM14M tool which has been the telco standard for years. We call it the "turkey caller" because of the distinctive squeak the low-pressure valve makes when the high-pressure cylinder kicks in. It's a niche tool, though. We use it for lugging large power cables -- 350, 500, and 750MCM -- and for applying H-taps to 1/0 and 4/0AWG aisle grounds. For everything smaller, the TBM25S has ya covered at a twentieth of the weight. Except for the green handles, that looks *exactly* identical, down to the handle-twist release mechanism, to the Thomas and Betts TBM14M tool which has been the telco standard for years. We call it the “turkey caller” because of the distinctive squeak the low-pressure valve makes when the high-pressure cylinder kicks in.

It’s a niche tool, though. We use it for lugging large power cables — 350, 500, and 750MCM — and for applying H-taps to 1/0 and 4/0AWG aisle grounds. For everything smaller, the TBM25S has ya covered at a twentieth of the weight.

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