Gary, I bought a used Johnson Lifeline No 15 lever crimper on eBay for under $100 a few years back. Has worked well for me. None out there now but one sold a couple months ago for $118.
IMHO, the lever crimpers are much better than the ones you have to turn with a wrench. For one thing, the small crimpers require you to do 5 crimps, the lever crimpers only 3. You need to rotate the crimp 180 degrees for each crimp otherwise the fitting will have a slight curve. A word of caution, a used crimper may be out of tolerance due to overuse or abuse. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Gary Russell via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I am in the process of replacing my lifelines and am looking to buy a > crimper to crimp the Hayn studs and gate rings, etc. Can anyone recommend > a reasonably priced crimper? I've seen crimpers from $69 to $477 and can't > tell the difference. > > Gary > S/V Kaylarah > '90 C&C 37+ > East Greenwich, RI, USA > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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