WBHome Hydraulic Wire Crimper Battery Lug Terminal Cable Crimping Tool, 8 Dies, 12 Ton

Ideal for doing one's own attaching cable lugs.

This crimper is not very cheap, but it is well made and works extremely well. It is easy to use.It is important to make sure your lug is filled by the cable's wire. If the lug is bigger than the wire (actual fit, not the labels on lug or wire), you will have the excess lug material squeezed out of the dies to form "wings." If the lug ID closely matches the wire OD, your crimp will be perfect: not a hint of "wings."I fear that wire labels have become optimistic (inflated): actual metal in the cable is less than what the cable's label says. This can lead to ugly crimps - if the person crimping relies on the labels and doesn't check the actual fit between lug and wire. I found some cable labelled 4AWG that fit very nicely into a lug labelled 6AWG - at this combination made a wonderful crimp using the 6AWG/16DIM dies. Had I used a 4AWG lug and 4AWG/25DIM dies on this "4AWG" cable, I would have produced a loose crimp with pronounced wings.The dies are labelled in the DIM system, but a conversion to AWG is included. I used a paint pen to label the dies with AWG sizes. This conversion table is accurate.

Very well made. Strong and sturdy. Easy to pump the hydraulic handle but designed to be used with three hands, especially when working with larger gauge wire/cables (ie. 4/0). The various gauge guides cover the gamet however do not seem to be labeled or sized accurately. To crimps 3/8" copper lugs onto 4/0 battery cable, the user guide indicates using the "120" size die which barely made a dent. However, I got great results using the die size of 95, followed by a second crimping using 70. Very secure and professional looking results. Would love to find some sort of "bench" crimper that would lay flat on a bench where you could feed the lug into the jaws and operate the compression handle. Admittedly, using crimping smaller gauge wire should be far easier but then again, a hydraulic crimper for smaller wire is likely not necessary. I bought to crimp battery cables and while a challenge, it did do the job.

This tool is great! It was extremely easy to crimp lugs onto 0000 cable with this tool on hand. I was going to get a cheap crimper that you hit with a hammer, but I was so glad I got this instead. This crimper allowed me to make battery cables in the bay of my RV where I was going to eventually place them, so I could make sure the lengths were perfect. It also allowed me make the holes I made in my RV’s bay smaller because I didn’t need to fit the lug through the hole and grommet I used. I would not have been able to be so exact if I were to make my cables any other way.

not bad at all good buy

I don't use this thing on a regular basis, but it is great to have around when I do!Easy to use, and so far seems super durable.When it comes to two way radio installs... This will handle the big power cables!

Works good and seems to be of good quality with extra orings

Love this crimper, has been a game changer since day one. Crimps are perfect every single time. And very little effort to use. I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!! I can get out contact tip on a daily basis on different size battery cables on fork lifts. And this crimper is so easy to use. If you crimp alot on your job get this guy it will make your life so much easier!