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Can anyone shed some light on this tool for me? Another one of those things I found in a tool box from an estate. Curiosity you know...:thinking:
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Another unknown (too me) tool?
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Thank you gents. I figured it was a crimper of some kind, but did not know any specifics on it. The AMP link help a lot! 
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)That is a serious crimper. Others say it for electoral thermals but it could also be used to crimp small cable sleeves. I could have used one of those when reattaching locating pin cables to their fixtures. Nice find
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These come in very handy when rewiring vintage motorcycles. The bullet connectors need this type of crimped to make secure connection.
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After [meaning when] I finally figured out how to open the darn pliers handles, I saw the unique crimp in the jaws - sort of like a "T". I figured it was for a specific type of crimping project - that's why I bothered to post the request for info. I'm learning new stuff every day! (chuckle)
It looks to be an Amp crimping tool... specifically, it's probably for crimping pins and sockets for D-sub-sized connectors... (I've used those crimpers a LOT!!!)... there's different sized crimpers for different pins.
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Its a Molex pin crimper, (its too large for sub-D connectors) which come in different sizes, you would need to try different pins to see which one. It would also be used as crimper for the unshielded terminals used for antique cars (Packard 56/57 style). Tim
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