AMZCNC Hydraulic Crimping Tool and Cable Cutter Hydraulic Cable Lug Crimper 10 US TON 12 AWG to 00 (2/0) Electrical Terminal Cable Wire Tool Kit with 9 Die

This generates a huge amount of force. I bought some 120 amp & 175 amp Andereson connectors and upon arrival, I realized that my little crimpers for 10 gauge wire were hopelessly outclassed by the massive tubes I needed to crimp that were as big around as battery terminal wires. I ordered this next day, and when it arrived I was ready. I swapped out the dies with the approprate size and went at it. It worked great. My only complaint is that all of the dies are of the same shape. The "M" shape I think makes a better crimp on a tubular connector, and all of the dies are more hexagonal. Still, they are very easy to swap out. I wish I could find some other dies that would fit this.

Used this to crimp lugs on 1/0awg. Was originally going to use a hammer crimper but was advised against it so I got this instead. Worked flawlessly and was even cheaper than a similar tool I saw at HF, and this comes with a good cutter to boot. Crimping power is awesome. Crimped the lugs way better than a hammer crimper. The handles are comfortable to use. It's a high quality tool.

Firstly... Regardless of what reviews say, the end point is that these crimpers DO THE JOB. The crimps - WITH EFFORT - are solid and dutifully perform the task. HOWEVER... There are some things to be aware of. (Based on my own experiences with the tool. I am making a ground bus for my house and my network/server equipment.) (NOTE: See included photos for visual emphasis.) 1.) The first crimp was neat...but questionable. I was crimping 6AWG stranded copper wire into a Panduit LCD6-10A-L compression lug. It is possible that I did not crimp it down hard enough. There was about 1/8" of slippage of the stranded copper in the connector afterward. But it did catch it and a hard pull would not extract the copper wire from the lug. My fix for this was to switch from the 6AWG die to the 8AWG die and compress the lug further. This may have been more compression than was desirable as it seemed to strain the copper walls of the lug entry point. But it certainly prevented the copper from slipping afterward. I did an 8AWG compression only on the entry of the barrel but left the other 2/3 of the barrel crimped at 6AWG. So I simply made sure to compress subsequent 6AWG connections until I couldn't compress the handle any further. This seemed to be sufficient for the remaining crimps that I did. Which leads me to my second point... 2.) ...For a PROPER, SECURE crimp, you REALLY have the compress the die until you just CAN NOT press it any further. This took way more force and exertion than I feel should have been necessary. I have issues with my arms and shoulders due to repetitious strain in the past so this is a point of bother. (My arms have been painful today as a result of yesterday's work.) In my opinion, this issue points directly to the die itself not being PERFECTLY machined for the exact dimensions for the gauge indicated. But they work so they'll do. It's not an everyday job thing for me so I'll be happy enough with this for the cost. 3.) They really could have made the "ON/OFF" wheel a bit more precise in it's actuation. You REALLY have to twist the knob quite firmly toward "OFF" to get a full seal on the pressure. But, again, the pressure remains constant enough to crimp. So I'll settle for this. 4.) I realize that a lot of people don't know the difference(s) between hand tools and cutters. Many reviewers tried to use these wire cutters for STEEL rope. These are absolutely NOT meant for that. They're made to cut softer metals such as copper and aluminum. (Even then I wouldn't try to cut SOLID copper in most gauges.) I personally feel that these cutters are not really a value add to this kit and I wouldn't have missed them at all as I have plenty of cutters of various grades anyway. But maybe they ought to consider including cutters that WILL cut the steel rope since many are buying these crimpers for that purpose? Oh... Also... I was expecting a blue handle - as shown. Not a green one. ;) Overall... The price is definitely right for these and they're still far cleaner a crimp than using non-hydraulic crimpers. I'm not mad at'em. ;)

A solid and well made tool.

Great tool and even better value! Works flawlessly! Seems to be decent quality as well.

The tool is great the case sucks!

Works well, has plenty of power and makes a nice compact crimp. For reference the cables at the bottom of the bus bar in the photo are 4/0 cables that were terminated with this crimper. The kit has many sizes of dies and they are easy to change. The dies slide in from the end and are held in place with a bolt that has a knurled nut on each end. It would be easy to misplace the nut while swapping the dies, but I haven’t dropped it yet. The 4/0 cable lugs I used were beefy and would not slide through the opening with the bolt on place. Not a problem, just a matter of inserting the lug as you place the die. This also means the lug will it fall out while crimping.

For the most part, I have a fully functional tool as described in an adequate case, not a great case, but one that will work for now, the addition of the gloves I believe is only to keep the tool and small dies from flinging all over the box in transport. Here is my observation, the crimper looks like the picture, the case does as well, but the shears do not. It looks like they just found a random one, with cosmetic damage and possibly used a few times but still functional. One that not only looks different but is also a different color and size from the one pictured, and does not fit in the case as shown in their picture. So how does this concern me? Given the overwhelming amount of options available to purchase things and tools just on amazon alone, I can only make my choices based on descriptions, photos, and reviews. so when the item I receive looks close but different I begin to wonder if it was a bait and switch and then begin to question the quality of every part. I guess time tells. In conclusion, if I would have know the shears were just a random tool they threw in that does not fit in the case I would have purchased it without them. As for the case, Nice sturdy look, but the flimsy latches are destined for failure making the case useless in the future. I wish I would have noticed that in the pictures, I might not have made the purchase knowing the tool would lose its caring case within a few years or less. As I said, now I'm questioning the quality of everything I received because it's not what was pictured.

El producto es bueno muestra buena calidad

I was pleasantly surprised with the good quality of this crimping tool. It is easy to use and worked well during my first use.

What I wanted

Good and Useful product.

Could cut wire no problem