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c/cable-installers•lilyp37lilyp37•1mo ago

PSA: My new crimper gave out after 30 terminations on RG6 in Houston

Bought a cheap Klein knockoff from a gas station on a Friday job and it snapped the die holder on the 30th fitting - had to borrow a truck from a buddy to finish the row of apartments. Anyone else had a tool fail on a tight deadline like that?
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torres.thea
torres.thea1mo agoMost Upvoted
Oh man, that's brutal. At least your truck buddy came through, my last tool fail left me shoving cables into a wall with a butter knife from the break room.
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oscarc12
oscarc121mo ago
Wonder if the butter knife was clean or not...
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elizabethmason
Ngl @torres.thea your butter knife trick sounds like a whole new level of desperation.
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