Having recently seen yet another posting of a picture of BAS's favourite TLC budget ratchet crimper (even though he could link to the wiki!), I'm moved to ask something I've been meaning to ask for ages ...
I guess I must be missing something, because I really can't understand what the ratchet action, per se, is meant to achieve - it provides no 'mechanical advantage' (i.e. the crimping is all down to human force) and I don't really see what it achieves that I could not equally achieve without the ratchet, particular with red and blue crimps.
I do agree that this sort of crimper is preferable to the 'cheap and nasty' ones (which are usually also pictured in the posts) - but because they have much wider crimping dies (usually about 10mm, as compared with just 1-2mm 'jaws'), not because of the ratchet.
What am I missing?
Kind Regards, John
I guess I must be missing something, because I really can't understand what the ratchet action, per se, is meant to achieve - it provides no 'mechanical advantage' (i.e. the crimping is all down to human force) and I don't really see what it achieves that I could not equally achieve without the ratchet, particular with red and blue crimps.
I do agree that this sort of crimper is preferable to the 'cheap and nasty' ones (which are usually also pictured in the posts) - but because they have much wider crimping dies (usually about 10mm, as compared with just 1-2mm 'jaws'), not because of the ratchet.
What am I missing?
Kind Regards, John