MAINFrame Customs Ratchet Crimper
This is our own custom ratchet crimper well known throughout the sleeving community as the best crimper, especially for the price!
What makes our ratchet crimper better than the others?
Our new version uses two different teeth so that it can crimp 18-22 and 24-30AWG wire! This allows greater flexibility with the way you want your cables to be made. The front teeth are also milled to crimp Fan and DuPont terminals.
Many crimpers that are termed to crimp the typical Male, and Female ATX terminals crush, or fold the ATX wings resulting in bad crimps that pull out or even break. We have spent hours fine tuning our crimper so that does not happen. Achieve perfect heart shaped crimps that bite into the insulation resulting in strong crimps that last.
This tool is made for longevity, and should last a long time!
Don’t settle for more expensive crimpers when you don’t need to.
Still skeptical?
Simply read the many reviews by other sleevers just like you.
Miksa de Sorgo (verified owner) –
What I received was not what this website advertised. It has 3 different size gauges not the two and how the picture looks you can see the rounded milling. What I received was flat where the milling should be. It’s the same exact thing I paid $30 less for and now based on the return policy it appears I will have to pay to ship it back and to receive a new one. I understand covid has made running a business a little tough but sending out items that aren’t what you advertise is a bad freaking deal. I would be very cautious about buying this, I’m stuck with something that crimps worse than what I paid for basically a third of the price. Cant add photos because the sizes are too big, but my Amazon crumpet crimps much, much better. This thing crushes terminals. I’m beyond disappointed after watching YouTube I had to have this (I forget the YouTube persons persona). These were also advertised by that person to come with test crimps so we know it’s a good tool (he also claimed it was his custom crumpet). Appalling.
Miksa de Sorgo –
MAINFrameDave –
Hello,
Thank you for your order and my apologies for the issue.
The ones you received are our new version. They do not need to be milled as our previous versions were too small to accept 16AWG wire which is why we had to mill them. The new crimpers have been tested vigorously by us to ensure that it works flawlessly with our custom wire and terminals. We cannot say the crimper will work with any other terminals or wire which is why we highly recommend using ours. It is the same crimper as our previous version with just different teeth. We need to update this on our website still and for that I apologize. If you are having issues using the crimper with all of our supplies then please make sure you are following the proper steps in crimping the terminals and using the correct set in the teeth.
Thank you
Dave
MAINFrameDave –
Lady Fitzgerald (verified owner) –
I was very disappointed with the crimper I received. While the crimps it made looked nice, I found the crimper harder to use than my old, el cheapo Waldom crimpers, mostly because I had trouble seeing what I was doing. Also, the crimp on the conductor wasn’t tight enough (I could see that the wings were fully closed) and the wire could be pulled out of the pin. It’s possible I received a defective one since others have had better luck with it than I have. MAINFrame cheerfully let me return the crimper and quickly refunded my money, including shipping both ways, so I won’t hesitate to do business with them in the future.
Lady Fitzgerald –