I have hands so weak I cannot break the seal of a cap on a bottle of soda. The ratcheting cutter is supposed to be a one-hand tool. With me, it is (2) hands. I am praying the new crimper can have a cheater bar for the lever but it looks as though my son in law is going to be making the cables. I am preparing a solder pot to dip cable battery post in sans fastener after crimping. Ever since a blade of a gardening shear snapped and the crescent shaped shard buried its tip in the top of a workbench I am skittish about using tools made for wood on copper