Crimping fence wire

The invention of the wire crimp has been revolutionary. It's easy to use, provides the strongest join available, and results in a small tidy wire junction. Following is an easy step by step guide to using wire crimps, so you'll be joining wire in no time!

If you want to finish your crimps with the twist and break method outlined on the previous page, slide a crimp sleeve onto the end of the fencing wire until 300-400mm of wire is showing past the sleeve.

Push the wire to be joined through the opposite side of the crimp sleeve until approximately 300mm of wire is showing past the sleeve.

Open the jaws of the SuperCrimp pliers and place the correct size crimping notch at the end of the crimp sleeve. It is important to always start at one end of the crimp (see Figure 1).

Ensure that the jaws of the SuperCrimp overlap the end of the crimp sleeve slightly and that the SuperCrimp is at right-angles to the crimp sleeve. Compress the handles.

Slide the jaws of the SuperCrimp along the crimp sleeve without leaving 'shoulders' between crimps. This is best achieved by slightly overlapping each compression. See Figures 2 and 3. If you want to finish your crimp joins with the twist and break method, grip the crimp with a pair of pliers (see Figure 4).

If you are using crimps to repair a broken fence, there may not be enough spare wire to snap the ends off so the crimping process will most likely have to take place by the chain of the wire strainers (see Figure 5).

If you are using crimps as the wire joiner at the point of tensioning a new fence, the crimping can be completed away from the clutter of the chain strainers, providing you remember to place a crimp onto one end of the wire before you attach the chain strainers.