When I ordered the parts for my deck railing project, I didn't get the crimper because a friend loaned me his crimper from his prior project, It was a smaller crimper than this, probably a 10-ton type commonly sold on Amazon. I had some reservations about it, as it was a little oily and when I pumped it on a terminator, it never got too hard to push. But it looked like it crimped the terminator (slightly) and I proceeded to crimp everything. Unfortunately, when I started tightening the cables, a couple popped out of their terminators, I stopped and went to the SC&R website and ordered one of these. Night and day difference!

This crimper worked great, gaining resistance in only a couple pumps, and gave me confidence that the cables would hold. And indeed they did, when I tightened the cables, everything is taut and firm. Should have bought this one in the first place. Don't make the same mistake I made!

This tool works very well and is easy to operate. I was careful to follow the directions exactly and not overcrimp. It is a little difficult to see into the working area to be sure that crimps are rotated from each other correctly and not all lined up in the same orientation. A bright light helped. It is also tricky to position the stops in the tool because they are short and have just enough length to hold the required three crimps. I have had no failures yet.

I was very pleased with the quality of the material and the service I received. I had a few questions during the installation that were answered with one telephone call. It was an easy installation for a DIY. I would recommend your company to everyone.