Steve,

I've never used the $50 tool, so I'll defer to what John said since I think 
he has used it.  But that is my understanding, the WMR tool only requires 1 
crimp, while the GB (or any other general purpose tool) needs several steps 
to do the job.    Once the  first crimp is done with the GB tool, the wire 
isn't going anywhere, but the  crimp is too large to fit into the housing. 
The additional steps are  to reshape the crimp to allow it to fit into the 
plastic shell.

73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Cheap tool for Installing Anderson powerpoles


> Steve,
>
> Is there any advantage to using the more expensive crimper?
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:51
> Subject: Re: Cheap tool for Installing Anderson powerpoles
>
>
>> This is the  tool that I have and it has worked fine for me.  I got the 
>> GB
>> tool several years ago from HRO and I know that Home Depot also  carries
>> GB
>> in the electrical department.  So a person has several options to get one
>> of
>> these.
>>
>>
>>
>> The tutorial you posted is what I used to get myself started.  It was
>> posted
>> at one time on the West Mountain Radio web site, but after they stopped
>> selling the GB tool  and only sold their own crimper, they pulled it from
>> the site.
>>
>> Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>>
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