Perfect timing and saves me from buying another tool that I’ll only use once!

Bro this helped me install a stove pipe duct cap on a good chimney I am no longer using. 8" to 8". The funny part is I watched this same video three years earlier when I was installing the 8" to 6" converter for the stove pipe! I struggled for an hour and kept thinking "how did I do this last time?" Grabbed my hammer and did it in 2 min. Cheers from New Hampshire have a great week!

Voted best Hack of 2023 & 2024. Dude's a genius!

I love people who put useful stuff on youtube! Installing a vent duct now for the kitchen and had to cut the pre-crimped side.

Thanks for sharing! I tried the hammer method, but did not turn out too well in my case. Maybe my claw hammer did not have the right shape. Needle nose pliers on the other hand worked great! The trick there is to alternate left and right twists to get a nice uniform pattern. Many small bends appeared to work better than fewer large bends, because you need less of a depth if you have more wiggles. I made an 1/2 inch pattern with the pliers and it looked great. You can probably go even smaller than that.

What I needed to know, the very day I needed to know it. You are a blessing again, Ben!

You da "MAN"

Simple and straight to the point, no wasted time talking about nonsense. Thanks.

Every time I'm doing a project around my house and I resort to KZfaq for assistance, I'm always stoked when I see you've done a video already. Guaranteed quality instruction! Thank you!

The tip about leaving the spot near the seal alone is really appreciated. Thanks for the very informative video, Benjamin.

Awesome tip I should have searched for this video before I bought a crimper👍🏽 It looks like I have another thing to bring back to Home Depote

Thanks so much, Ben, for such a useful tip! I wish I had known this during the first 27 years of my career! Would have saved me a lot of headache when I don’t have crimpers handy!!

Am I happy to see this. Didn’t want to go to Home Depot for a crimper I’d only need once.

Very very nice improv that works. I'll be doing that today, instead of having to buy another pipe with dual crimped ends. Thank you

You just saved me a trip to Lowes and $40 just to do one crimped end. Thanks!

Thanks again! You have helped me several times during my home reno.

Super Tip!!! Thank You!! I look forward to more tips!! Keep up the good work!!

Thanks for the good tip, saved me and plenty of others a rather expensive tool for one time use. That would kinda defeat the cost savings of diy

You are a lifesaver man. I live in a remote mountain village and the nearest hardware store is like 5 hours away and they don't even keep any specialty tools like the crimp tool needed for this job. There is also no online delivery here. So I can't just get my hands on the right tool when I need one. I tried the hammer method and it almost worked but I also needed the help of a plier to achieve perfection. This is one of those cases where buying the right tool for the job wouldn't be worth it as it's a one time use.

Good video! Saved me from buying a crimper when I only needed one crimp. Thanks.👍

Perfect! I'm in the middle of re-running some ductwork without any real tools. But I've got a hammer!

You just saved me $30 for a one-time project. Awesome.

Very Helpful ... thank you. I knew there had to be a better way for form the crimp w/o the crimp pliers.

Good tips. I prefer the needle nose for a deeper crimp. Before every job I've tried to find a tool that will make it easier, and I buy that tool. If I'm getting paid for the job I'll try to work it into the price and keep the tool. The customer gets a better job and my task is easier. We both win. Needless to say I have a serious amount of helpful tools now that I lend out to my friends doing a one time job.

nice recommendation on the crimper...truly appreciated

Great info Benji ...Thnx ...

Very helpful. Thank you from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

Hugely helpful. I knew there’d be a hack for this. Thank you very much. 👍👍

Times when I've had to use tools not for their intended purpose to get the job done.... every single diy home repair I do! Hundreds of dollars of tools in my workshop and yet always missing the right one! 😂 Thanks for the easy save!

Worked like a charm, brother, perfect video!

Hell yeah dawg thanks. Installing dryer vent

Thank a lot Ben, it helped me a lot!

Excellent Ben and thanks for the post.

Wish I seen this last week lol! Oh well I'll have to remember this one thanks!

I needed that for current project. Thank you.

Cool tip. Thanks bud

Excellent tip!! Thanks Ben!!

Thanks! This is right on time

Great tip!

Great idea helped me with work today 👍

Awesome. Thank you very much, your video was a great help

Nice. Very helpful. Thanks.

Great video. Quick to the point. You have a new subscriber...👍🏼

AWESOME idea!! Thank you!!

Good, simple less expensive solution

Doing ducting for my heat pump water now. Great timing.

Holy crap, nothing wrong with that. 👍

i've used needle nose for this never a hammer. I will have to give it a try.

That is a great tip thank you for that brother ! 👍

I use plyers and knives to strip wires all the time cause i never have the pro wire tool. Basically never.

Very good you save me money from buying a crimp tool. Thank you!

This worked great, thanks

Many thanks. Winter has arrived early in NZ and the stove pipe didn’t fit. Hopefully this will work.

Excellent! Thank you!

Great tip, Thanks a lot

Very innovative. Thanks much.

Great video. Thanks.

Genius. I had to work with ducts for my dryer and it was a pain trying to get it together.

Great tip! Thank you

Thank you, doing this later today.

That’s a great idea . It just goes to prove the old saying: If necessity is the mother of invention, then desperation is it’s father. 😂

Big thank you!

Great information.

Nice man, thank you

Wow this looked surprisingly good once you got all the way around

OMG! I laughed soooo hard and then shared with 3 people…I think 2 of them blocked me afterwards! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I've definitely used an Allen wrench to get at a Torx head before and the other way around. It's not pretty, inconvenient and pesky but if you just need to remove something and replace it with something else it can be done. I have misused tools all of my life out of necessity and lack there of. In some cases you find the tool that is actually made for the job is highly over-rated but in most cases they do the trick 90% of the time, which is really all you can except. :)

You are the man!

Very helpful.

Really perfect crimper !!! ✌️🗽💪👏

perfect

Excellent. Thanks! As you say, even if you have the tool somewhere, you may not have it with you.

Thank you!

Thank you very much

Thanks I only have one pipe to do so this will work great. I tried to do it without a crimper and wasted a lot of time.

Amazing tip, I was hoping not to have to buy the crimper!!

Thanks very much for sharing!

i almost bought a crimper for 1 job, thank you!!

Fantastic thanks

Dude that’s awesome thanks

Thank you

Can’t wait for a new video I’m a new subscriber

Good job!!

Good hack! Thanks. I was using a needle nose. I have to do one 6” pipe vent because the idiot “pros” that installed it didn’t screw it AND didn’t bother to install a needed adjustable 90* elbow. They just used crappy cloth duct tape, pushed the pipe over out of plumb and walked away. LAZY!

Saved me from buying a $20 tool I'd use once, thank you!

The crimp pimp! Thanks for the tip so my vent don’t drip.

Thanks

perfect!

King 👑

Thanks.

First off I'd like to say your videos are great, very helpful. So I've had 2 hvac companies come out because my compressor isnt turning on. Fan is working fine. They think its a bad compressor but both didn't seem sure about it. I'm nervous about replacing the compressor since the system is only 5 years old and its expensive. The one tech mentioned there was no voltage on herm of the capacitor. Tried replacing the capacitor with a new one, that didnt work. Still no voltage on herm. Have you seen this before? Is there a way I can figure out why theres no voltage on herm of the capacitor or test the voltage of the plug going into the compressor?

Nice :) also saved me some coin

I've used needle nose pliers when I didn't have my crimper

Excellent, now I can simply use my hammer to crimp my new water heater vent pipe.

Hero.

take your snips and cut 4" up each side of the pipe seam. Bend the tab you created inwards, then fold each side of the pipe in on itself slightly, creating a bit of a conical shape that will slide nicely into the other piece of pipe. This is how it's done in the big leagues nowadays. Nobody has time for crimpers.

You can also use a rock as a hammer.

nice

Hey Benjamin, hope you can answer a question for me. Our central ac went out two days ago. I watched a ton of videos and came to the conclusion my capacitor needed to be changed. I could push the plunger in and the compressor and fan would kick on but the blower in the house wouldn't come on. I just put the new capacitor on but it's the same thing. I just put a new thermostat on a few months ago and it has been working fine. Like the most of the country, we here in SW Missouri have been going through a heat wave. Yesterday the heat index was 102 and it got up to 89 in the house. My wife and I are both on social security so I am trying to find the least expensive way to get this done myself. Any ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

I use needle nose pliers for crimping