This ratchet crimper seems identical to the Ancor one offered West at almost 3X
the price. Jack Rabbit wants $49 and I paid around $86 for mine 5 years ago.
Comment
Ever since this thread started I have made a point of checking out what is
offered at various shops.
Ancor, Ideal and Greenlee all offer the same basic frame handle with various
colors. While the dies have different part numbers they are inter-changable
and as far as I can tell, the tools all come from the same source with only the
name changed. This refers to the smaller size crimper suitable for the red,
blue or yellow insulated crimp terminals.
Therw are probably othes, but this is what I have seen in the various electrical
and marine stores I frequent in the Vancouver area. The brand names are all
American and should be available nation wide.
Klein, Burndy, as well as Ancor each offer a crimping tool for larger (up to
4/0) wire terminals but these do not have interchangable dies.
Burndy has a rotating die set which match the color code on the Burndy
terminals. It doesn't suit crimp connectors from other sources.
Ancor has the most versatile in that the crimping dimple is formed by a single
round nosed pin and the backstop die is a Vee shape cavity in a block which
can be adjusted with a screw adjustment. separate scales are provided for
aluminum and copper wires. A clear indication this is not uniquely a marine
tool.
regards
Arild
Ron wrote
> This ratchet crimper seems identical to the Ancor one offered West at almost 3X
> the price. Jack Rabbit wants $49 and I paid around $86 for mine 5 years ago.
Comment
Ever since this thread started I have made a point of checking out what is
offered at various shops.
Ancor, Ideal and Greenlee all offer the same basic frame handle with various
colors. While the dies have different part numbers they are inter-changable
and as far as I can tell, the tools all come from the same source with only the
name changed. This refers to the smaller size crimper suitable for the red,
blue or yellow insulated crimp terminals.
Therw are probably othes, but this is what I have seen in the various electrical
and marine stores I frequent in the Vancouver area. The brand names are all
American and should be available nation wide.
Klein, Burndy, as well as Ancor each offer a crimping tool for larger (up to
4/0) wire terminals but these do not have interchangable dies.
Burndy has a rotating die set which match the color code on the Burndy
terminals. It doesn't suit crimp connectors from other sources.
Ancor has the most versatile in that the crimping dimple is formed by a single
round nosed pin and the backstop die is a Vee shape cavity in a block which
can be adjusted with a screw adjustment. separate scales are provided for
aluminum and copper wires. A clear indication this is not uniquely a marine
tool.
regards
Arild
