Naio, go to a hardware store ask for SCHEDULE 80 PVC PIPE. Plastic. Thick and strong. Eigthteen inches otter do it. Lay the crimper on the ground slip the pipe over the crimper lever. Presto! Wonder Woman. Able to crimp monster battery cable. Due to various afflictions my hands are unable to open a screw cap on a bottle of soda. Too weak. I use my noggin when other parts fail me. Amplifier for phone and lip read in conversations. I break lugnuts loose by standing upright a foot tall 2X4 with a V-notch cut across the top. Impact wrench socket and extension. Harbor Freight 24" breaker bar. I can stand on it or jump up and down which I figure allows a thousand pounds feet of torque. Laughing grade more powerful than the strongest air gun wrench. The 2X4 you can make yourself with a saw. It is an unbelievable improvement in stability for the socket and wrench handle when jumping on the breaker bar. Muscle is low IQ use frontlal lobes. Effective substitute.