Tried a new crimp tool on a Honeywell APU harness and the old one still wins

Our shop got a new set of ratcheting crimpers last month, the fancy kind with the colored dies. Used them on a King Air APU wiring job in Wichita. After three hours of rework, I went back to my old manual tool from 2015. The new one just didn't seat the contacts right, kept leaving a tiny gap you could feel with a pick. Who else has a crimp tool they trust more than anything new?

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3 Comments

the_tara5d ago

Honestly, sometimes the old tool just knows the muscle memory of your hands.

walker.cole5d ago

Nah, that old tool just holds you back from learning better ways. Muscle memory can be a trap.

mia7485d ago

So my hands are just supposed to forget years of work? Guess I'll tell my favorite hammer it's fired for being too good at its job lol.