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Found a cracked RJ45 crimp die from 1998 in my truck today
It snapped clean in half while I was terminating a Cat6 at a medical office in Wichita yesterday, and I had to borrow a rusty backup from the building's maintenance guy that left every connector looking like a dog chewed it - anybody else ever have a tool you've used for years just give up on you out of nowhere?
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jenny_coleman14d ago
Not to sound harsh, but is a busted crimp die really that big of a deal? I mean, yeah, it's annoying when a tool you've had forever breaks, but it sounds like you got the job done with that rusty backup even if the connectors looked rough. That's the real win right there. @jesse_fisher, I bet you've seen guys freak out over way smaller stuff on the job site. Tools wear out, that's just how it goes, especially a $20 die from 1998. People act like it's some kind of tragedy, but you just go grab another one from the supply house and move on. Half the time the new ones work better anyway, no matter what people say about old vs new quality.
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the_joseph25d ago
Bummer, man. Had a set of Klein cutters I'd been using since 2005 that just kinda fell apart mid-strip last spring. No cracking or warning, just the hinge pin gave out and the jaws went sideways. Took me a while to find a pair that felt right in my hand again.
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