[geeks] recommendation for Ethernet crimper

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Fri Jan 25 11:10:52 CST 2008


On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:00:34PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> I'd like to see recommendations for a better one than the RJ11/RJ45 
> crimper I pocked up from Lowes, too.  In particular, mine does a poor 
> job of stripping cable ready for crimping - it's about equally likely to 
> outright cut it.

I got a couple of $4 doohickies that you just put around the Cat5 and
"spin" around the cable to cut the insulation off.  Works great.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
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