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Was it wūrth it?
I'm not OP but I bet they're glad they didn't sCrimp on this purchase.
I was hoping that comment was here. I am not disappointed.
Do you really want to würth me? Do you really want to make me crimp?
you beat me to it (but no hard feelings, still upvoted)
Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it.
THAT is a nice looking crimp tool
Mr. Moneybags here and his Wurth gear.
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.
That's some nice quality crimping tool. Congratulations!
I've been looking for a Hexagonal Crisper for months.
That's a good tool! Crimp long and well with it!
Nice.
We use that style crimper. Ours are some rebrand from Automation Direct. They do the job. Ferrules are SOP in my life now.
Not a lot of ferrules in my life, aside from the occasional DT connector. But a proper crimp is a wonderful thing.
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.
You're looking at about 400 USD of tool here. Snap on ain't got shot on these swedes.
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.
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.
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.
No square sucks harder to fit in terminal blocks.
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.
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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