Muzata Cable Railing Crimping Tool Hydraulic Crimper with Wire Cutter CK12

We just used this for project, kit worked great for the first 12 crimps. After that it was difficult to produce good crimps. Needed players to close and open the valve. We could not complete the job. I just miisseed the return window. I’m very disappointed ☹️ ☹️☹️

I had an issue with the crimper not working properly. They immediately sent me out a new crimper. I also had a little issue with installing some of the cables because of the crimper and they replaced the connectors to the post for me. I feel this company has gone above and beyond the call of duty to make things right for me. They really stand behind their product. The product is very easy to install. Once you figure out what you’re doing and I highly recommend them to any newbie or professional installer.

Great tool and effective for intended purpose. I can't imagine trying to do wire railing crimps without a tool like this (eg: with a manual crimping tool). Although there are a few negatives (see below), I highly recommend this tool. A few suggestions to make this tool even better: 1. Provide a lever instead of a knob for the hydraulic valve. The extra leverage provided by a lever would make this even easier to use. 2. Leave some space in the provided carry box for a pair of cable snips so that all tools needed to attach the wire railing can be kept together in one carry box. Even when bought as a package, which I did, the snips are separate and won't fit in the box. Now for the negatives: 1. There are some extra parts provided (replacement seals), but no instructions on how to do the replacement. Thanks for the parts, but what good are they without instructions to do the replacement? 2. The instruction manual has no indication of company name, address, or contact info. Thankfully Muzata does have a pretty good website with support options. They seem to take a lot of pride in their products and customer support, but this pride is not reflected in their user manual. 3. Several grammar issues in the manual. Not uncommon for manuals translated to English, but could be resolved with attention to detail. 4. Downloadable PDF manuals would also be a nice touch and relatively easy to do. Would save me scanning in the paper copy (I save all my paperwork as PDFs on my computer - much easier to find when I need it). The above few negatives are the only things that kept me from rating this tool 5 stars. And a few usage suggestions: 1. When crimping, place the hydraulic barrel against a stable surface (floor, worktable, stair, etc) so that you can put your weight into operating the lever. Even though hydraulically assisted, it still takes some manual force to fully crimp the connection. 2. Before inserting the joint to be crimped, close the jaws as far as you can, leaving just enough space to insert the crimp item. Otherwise you'll be struggling to keep the crimp item centered correctly in the jaws for many strokes of the lever. 3. The lag ends have enough crimp area for 2 crimps. I double crimped all of mine. I didn't see anything about this in the Muzata literature, but saw it in one of the independent YouTube videos and thought it was a good idea. 4. Crimps take between 3-4 full strokes of the lever. You can tell when it's done as the lever resistance immediately increases dramatically. 5. Once done crimping and you are opening the hydraulic valve to open the jaws, only let the jaws open just far enough to withdraw the crimped part and insert the next one to be crimped. This will save you LOTS of lever strokes and time closing the jaws on the next crimp end to be done. I hope this review and my suggestions help you to successfully complete your wire railing project.

Even after crimping three times, the cable would still pull out 1/3 of the time...then one of the jaw pieces destroyed itself. Overpriced, didn't work well at all, then died after using it for one day. Zero stars. Hope I can find a tool from someone else that does work...I have holes drilled in 1000$ worth of oak posts. Also, btw I noticed at least one 5 star review whose text was a flamingly bad review just like mine. I smell a rat... Update: paid double for their 16 ton version....the jaws on that one were too big but I did get it to work. See my comment on that one for details

Local contractor quoted me several hundred dollars to do the job. I purchased this kit and installed the cabling in an afternoon with the help of my wife. If the Women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Excellent crimper (make sure the base is tight or it will leak). Good quality crimps every time. The cutter was sharp at first with very clean cuts but definitely losing its edge by the end of my deck project.

I really have mixed feelings about this tool. When I first got it, it worked great. I even commented how well made it was. I made eight connections with it, then it stopped working. I looked at the instructions, but they didn't tell me much. I looked at the oil level, and if looked fine. The hydraulic arm just wouldn't move. The kit came with several o-rings, but no instructions on what they were for or how to replace them. With the oil plug out I worked the pump arm a few times, and a little more space opened up. I added a little bit of oil. It still didn't work. Then I reassembled it and worked the arm a few more times and it began to work. I did eight more crimps. I have eight to go to finish sh the project, and I'm concerned it will stop working again. This was a very expensive tool, and I'm very disappointed in it.

Product worked perfectly. I just installed a new synthetic wood deck and elected to go with wire railings to give it a more modern look and not obstruct views. I did the work myself and this product was easy to use. The only thing I would caution people about is: the product is rather heavy. So, if you are working alone, trying to hold the wire in the crimping, feral with one hand and using the crimping tool with one hand is a bit difficult. Having an extra set of hands so that you can use both on the crimping tool is recommended.

I bought the Muzata custom hydraulic crimper tool kit to build a metal handrail, and I’m really impressed with the quality. The only drawback is that they could of made the handles a little longer to help it make easier to compress the crimps. But very good product

This item failed on the fifth crimp and will now not work at all. I have had to give one star to enable me to submit problem

Works great handy storage and I have completed two cabins with it

It works well, I would pump till I experienced the pressure release. The first one released the cable as I never pressed end hard enough to hold the cable in under tension.

You need to exert a lot of force to use this thing, but it did the job. I double crimped each one to be safe. I used muzata hardware.