Palm Puck Punch Down Tool for CAT5E & CAT6 Keystone Jacks

Punching down a keystone jack in your hand is the oldest bad habit in the trade: the jack skids, the 110 blade finds your palm, and a slipped stroke cracks the jack's molding or folds a contact. This palm puck is the answer. It's a hand-held holder that grips a Cat3, Cat5e, or Cat6 keystone jack squarely while you punch the pairs down with an impact tool, so the jack can't move, the blade can't reach your hand, and the force goes into the contact rather than the housing. It takes right-angle and 180-degree jacks, holds every voice and data keystone we sell, and leaves room for the pairs to come in with up to half an inch of untwist at the termination point, which is the limit a Cat6 jack is designed around. It's UL Listed, it comes with instructions, and at this price it belongs in every pouch next to the impact tool.

Features

• Holds Cat3, Cat5e, and Cat6 keystone jacks. Grips the jack body squarely so it can't rock or skid while the pairs are punched down.
• Right-angle and 180-degree jacks. Fits both styles of keystone jack, whatever the pairs come in from.
• Room for the pair untwist. Accommodates untwisted pairs up to 1/2 in from the termination point, so the jack can be dressed properly before the punch.
• Protects your hand and the jack. Keeps the impact blade away from your palm and the force off the jack's molding, so no cut hands and no cracked housings.
• Fits in the hand. A palm-sized puck that works anywhere you can hold a jack: at a wall plate, in a ceiling, on a ladder, at a bench.
• UL Listed.
• Instructions included.

Where It Fits

It suits terminating keystone jacks on wall plates and surface boxes where there's no bench, Cat5e and Cat6 drops at desks, ceilings, and camera locations, voice jacks on Cat3, apprentices and anyone new to a punch-down tool, and any installer who has punched down enough jacks in the palm of a hand to know why this exists.

Good to Know

It's a holder, not a punch-down tool; you still need a 110 impact tool to seat the pairs, and the puck is what keeps the jack still and your hand clear while you use it. Seat the jack fully in the puck before the first stroke; a jack that's half in will rock and the blade will land off-center. Dress the pairs into the jack's slots with the untwist as short as the jack allows, which is 1/2 in at most for Cat5e and Cat6 and the reason the puck leaves that much room, then punch with the cut side of the blade facing the waste end of the conductor. Jack sizes vary a little between makers, and the puck is sized for standard keystone bodies; an oversized or oddly shaped jack may not seat, so try one before a bulk job. Keystone jacks aren't included, and the puck's color may vary from the pictures.

Specifications

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