http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92373 Nate Bezanson Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:36:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92373 All it does is flare the braid, so you're not scuffing up your thumb with the fresh-cut copper ends of the braid wires. It's no big deal if you're only doing a handful of connectors here and there, but when you're topping 500 per day (not an unreasonable number for a comm tech doing DS3 terminations), your thumb needs all the help it can get. Luckily, RG-59 has essentially the same dimensions as 734 coax. All it does is flare the braid, so you’re not scuffing up your thumb with the fresh-cut copper ends of the braid wires. It’s no big deal if you’re only doing a handful of connectors here and there, but when you’re topping 500 per day (not an unreasonable number for a comm tech doing DS3 terminations), your thumb needs all the help it can get. Luckily, RG-59 has essentially the same dimensions as 734 coax.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92264 Clinton Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:56:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92264 I'm not following what this tool is supposed to do. I install hundreds of BNC connectors a month and have used most of the tools available at one time or another and I keep going back to a razor-blade or simple non-specialized wire strippers to cut the outer jacket and the foam insulation and my ratcheting crimps to secure the connector. If all this does is flare the braid which I assume means that it pushes the shield up and away from the foam I don't see what the big deal is. I don't see how fumbling for yet another tool will save me any time in this case over just doing it with my fingers. I’m not following what this tool is supposed to do. I install hundreds of BNC connectors a month and have used most of the tools available at one time or another and I keep going back to a razor-blade or simple non-specialized wire strippers to cut the outer jacket and the foam insulation and my ratcheting crimps to secure the connector. If all this does is flare the braid which I assume means that it pushes the shield up and away from the foam I don’t see what the big deal is. I don’t see how fumbling for yet another tool will save me any time in this case over just doing it with my fingers.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92249 Simon Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:13:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/12/the-paladin-1917-coax-braid-flaring-tool/#comment-92249 Are you saying this replaces stripping and or crimping tools or this just a $10 tool to push the braid up a bit before I slip the connector on? Are you saying this replaces stripping and or crimping tools or this just a $10 tool to push the braid up a bit before I slip the connector on?

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