And it’s a square crimper because it’s simply better for wire ferrules. Hexagonal crisper are for coaxial cables.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      I was about to say the same thing. I have a small screw driver set of their I inherited from a coworker. And they are so worth it. Them and a $2 harbor freight blue handle were my most used tools at that job.

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    Nice.

    We use that style crimper. Ours are some rebrand from Automation Direct. They do the job. Ferrules are SOP in my life now.

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    I wish you Godspeed. We’ve got a crappy one of those at work and it’s the bane of my existence. Yours seems nicer though.

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        Jimminy. I can’t imagine a situation that both a. requires that much ferrule crimping and b. can’t be automated. Like, maybe they’d be worth it if I spent 8 hours a day crimping wires, but at that point I’d be better off getting some sort of machine to do it.

        Maybe I’m just poor.

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          I used to work with maritime electronics, both installation and maintenance, and I went through A LOT of ferrules. And now that I am building my personal tool collection I’ve come to appreciate the wurth quality.

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          I can’t speak for the crimpers, but a colleague gave me a small electronics screwdriver set made by würth, and they are really really nice. Grippy without stripping, feels good in the hand. They really do make tools that are a pleasure to use.

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    No square sucks harder to fit in terminal blocks.

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      Uh, no? It’s the opposite.

      Source: I’ve used both at work. A larger diameter wire with square crimp will fit in a terminal block than a hexagonal crimp, and I prefer square crimp for this exact reason. The contact area inside a terminal block is flat, after all.