Crimping Wire

[2008screw 10+ year member]

How do you guys crimp big, thick wires? I am talking about crimping the 0 guage wire and say the battery terminal eye bolt you attached to the battery.

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[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Hammer and concrete. After that, a ton of solder usually holds things still. Vise clamps work really well if you have them too.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Hammer and concrete. After that, a ton of solder usually holds things still. Vise clamps work really well if you have them too.

x2. I have also used a 5lb weight + concrete.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Vise grips FTW.

 

[SVTLightning01 10+ year member]

Pops has this crimper for welding wire that you whack with a hammer. Works great.

 

[david in german 10+ year member]

http://www.waytekwire.com has a hammer crimper that works great for around $20.

 

[type[s5] 10+ year member]

hammer and concrete...*sigh* man I hate it when the wire slips right off the connector just when you think you got it on nice and tight.

I say vise clamps, too.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I tape it on with electrical tape, then hammer and concrete. The tape keeps the terminal from scuffing and keeps it in place.

 

[pioneerpimp 5,000+ posts]

hahaha and i thought i was the only one who did it the cave man way. there is nothing more annoying then the wire slipping out.

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

Hammer + Flathead Screwdriver + something hard + electrical tape = 0/1 and bigger crimper

 

[budget76 10+ year member]

Hammer + Flathead Screwdriver + something hard + electrical tape = 0/1 and bigger crimper

x2. You rotate the wire so the hits from the flathead go in different directions, making it hard for the wire to come out. Been doing it this way for a while now, never had a problem. Only time I had one come out was when I didn't rotate the wire, and the hits were all in one direction, lug slid right off.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

i use a screw driver to hit one side down then i do the old fold over and break the torch out and solder it together i have also used the vise. but know i just buy terminals i can slide the wire in and set screw it in.

 

[Kil4Thril 10+ year member]

Pops has this crimper for welding wire that you whack with a hammer. Works great.

http://www.waytekwire.com has a hammer crimper that works great for around $20.

That's what I use, then solder/heatshrink. If I can't do a pullup on the wire (me=240#), then the connection wasn't good enough. I'm kinda OCD on shit like that.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

table vice ftmfw. step 1. insert terminal. step 2. vice it shut. never ever ever comes off. we had a tug o war with one of them lol

 

[Kil4Thril 10+ year member]

table vice ftmfw. step 1. insert terminal. step 2. vice it shut. never ever ever comes off. we had a tug o war with one of them lol

That reminds me, a guy at work had a die that he puts in the table vice specifically to crimp large rings. IDK where he got it, he may have made it himself. I'll ask. Thing is sweet, and even easier than beating with a hammer.