I bought this for double duty as a wire cutter and swager and it's great. Decent price and it crimps like a champ. My ferrules are tight on the 1/8" steel wire and the force required to get them on is pretty low because of the strong lever action. Very impressed with this tool.
Works PERFECTLY for repairing my wire winch cable with 1/4" cable. It is a heavy duty tool, but EASILY crimps 1/4" wire cable aluminum sleeves. So very thrilled to have this tool on hand to help quickly repair any random winch cable snaps.