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Old 06-02-11, 07:46 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by pachai View Post
Did he mean you MUST have the same
branded tool as the bands you want to use?
Or did he mean that he sells this tool and
it helps him make his budget?
I think the guy's desperate to make a boat payment.

I had a free loan of the tool you are talking about. I used it in the very beginning.

Then I found a 'cinch ring' tool at Lowes (= Home Desperate) for $35.



They had the rings, priced only slightly more than the copper crimp rings.


After I used the cinch ring tool, I never picked up the crimp ring tool again.

I then did the whole house with the cinch ring tool and had zero leaks. I did have 1 leak from a crimped ring.

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