Cutting tool

[ruckus]

when i did my big 3 i put the wire in my vise and used a hack saw. but now i have an added question to the post. what do u guys do to crimp ends on 4 and up gauge? i have been using a hammer. but i want to know is there a crimper out there for bigger gauges?

there are crimpers but they are an assload of money. hundreds of dollars, so I use a table vise.

 

[AVSTANG02]

**** using crimp on connectors with wires that large without the proper tools.

That shit will come loose way too easily.

 

[ax600 10+ year member]

i found a neat tool at home depot a while back. it's a wire cutter that's designed to cut up to 2/0. it's makes cutting larger gauge wires a breeze.

tis teh shit

 

[ax600 10+ year member]

use this to crimp you'r 1/0-4gague connectors.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SNAP-ON-TOOLS-BRAND-NEW-BIG-VISE-NO-RES-NEW_W0QQitemZ4564719152QQcategoryZ63700QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[AVSTANG02]

a flat crimp will not give you a proper secure crimp.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F011%5F009%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=278%2D238one of these works really well, you just gotta use the one ment for RG6 coax, then use the flatter inner side ment for measuring the conducter on top of it. need a bit of muscle, but still fits in a toolbox.

then of course, torching it with solder helps keep it together too.

P.S. I use heavy duty sidecutters to cut 1/0

No way that thing will crimp 1/0awg. I have one. I should know.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

here, this is what I use.

http://www.e-rigging.com/store_Categories.cfm?Cat_ID=54

 

[jrz126 10+ year member]

I think u should listen to boister77 and nobody else.
What the fuk is with people on forums? they never want to use the proper tool for the job..

I think its stupid to go out and buy a tool I will probably only use once...clamp that shit in a vise, cut it with a hack saw. strip it, put the wire and terminal in the vice then crimp the piss out of it, then use a screwdriver and a hammer to put a nice dent in it for extra strength.

takes 5 minutes tops and I have all the tools in my garage.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

here, this is what I use.
http://www.e-rigging.com/store_Categories.cfm?Cat_ID=54

i kinda want them. i like haveing the right tools.

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

I think u should listen to boister77 and nobody else.
What the fuk is with people on forums? they never want to use the proper tool for the job..

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif Who really cares if they "never want to use the proper tool" if it gets the job done then it gets the job done...knife/meat cleaver/saw...etc

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

I think u should listen to boister77 and nobody else.
What the fuk is with people on forums? they never want to use the proper tool for the job..

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif who cares if they "never want to use the proper tool" if it gets the job done then thats that....I use whatever i have near and is sharp...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Git-r-dun !

 

[AVSTANG02]

uhh.. Yah whatever.

I still prefer to use the proper tools for the job. Just like everyone else with a clue.

a proper crimp is 360 degrees. You aint getting that with a vise, screwdriver and hammer...

jebus... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

My tool does..

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER 10+ year member]

http://www.kencove.com/crimp.htm

I got a set of these from Harbor freight for 15 bucks...well worth the dough.