MuzataCustom Cable Railing Crimping Tool Hydraulic Crimper Hydraulic Crimping Tool for 1/8" Stainless Steel Cable Railing Kit Wire Rope Swaging Kit CR09

The crimper worked very well for a long time. My project was much bigger than this item was designed for. I needed to crimp over 1000 times but after about 800 the unit failed. Amazon sent me another one so I could finish my project.

Well built and works perfectly withMuzata 100 Pack 1/8" Cable Railing Hardware Kit Swage Lag Screws

This thing is an absolute piece of garbage. I had about 80 crimps to do and I had to continuously re-crimp because the cable would start to pull out when I would try to tension the cables. When the tool would get within about a 16th of an inch every pump, you could see the piston push out and then immediately retract and never would compress the dies all the way. I have ordered the Blika tool now and crossing my fingers it works. I’m outside of my return window because I bought the material ahead of time and just now got around to it due to a surgery. Do not waste your money on this.

I don’t recommend trying to save a few bucks here. Some of the other crimpers don’t work well for stainless steel. This job is kind of a p.i.a, tbh, and this particular crimper, being the second one I bought, worked significantly better than the other one I tried.

Definitely a MUST HAVE if you're installing crimp-on stainless cable anchors. YOU NEED THIS. It worked perfectly for 82 crimps. On the 83rd, it snapped. My recommendation was five stars but I'm bumping it down to four because it broke. It really does work great, I'm disappointed it broke but it got the job done.

I purchased this crimper to install a Mazuta cable railing system. I have never used a Hydraulic Hand Crimper Tool, so didn't really know what to look for and went of Mazuta's recommendation. This tool is solid enough, and did the job, but I wish I had shopped around a bit more. This does NOT have a spring return - a spring which forces the handle to an open position after each pump. So you ultimately need two hands to operate. Had a known these existed with a spring return I would have gone that route, especially since I am seeing cheaper crimpers here on Amazon with that feature. I think that spring return would have made this tool much easier to work with. Unfortunately my cable railing project is complete - so no point returning and purchasing different unit.

Perfect

This crimper does the job well. The dies occasionally get stuck to the swag and seperate from the tool. They need to have a retainer added to keep them in place. They also occasionally will shift so they aren’t perfectly aligned.It crimps even and doesn’t distort the insert so it stays straight.The release knob takes a bit of torque to tighten and release.Overall it does what it’s supposed to do.