On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:51:40 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:07:23 -0500, the renowned Wayne Cook
wrote:



Yes I have seen them considering that I have a T&B crimper hanging
in the shop. I don't see anything to them that couldn't be duplicated
in a pair of cheap bolt cutters of the right size. I would want to
know the size of the opening (easily done since they're hanging right
there for me to measure) but other than that definitely doable for one
or two sizes of wire.

I don't see any pictures of the bench toggle-action type on eBay--
just the hand-held type. Is that the kind you're talking about?


They're hand held like a bolt cutter though they do have a over
center toggle action. Here's a picture.

http://www.tecratools.com/pages/tele...ics/39204l.gif

http://www.tecratools.com/pages/tele...bcrimpers.html

Scroll down to the TBM5S.

Mines not the S model with the sure stake mechanism. But that's not
a problem for me since I'm always going to go the full stroke (unless
something goes wrong).

Good for 8ga to 250MCM so they're more than ample for the 2/0, on
down that I use them on.

Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm