Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:57:24 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: #8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
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At 06:37 PM 3/15/2013, neil n wrote:
>Based upon just this one image, I'd say my crimp is a fail:
>
>http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/image/133231216

That's a pretty high standard to live up to.  But those pages
certainly show how to do it right.

I've used the hammer type crimper that he shows in the first
photo.  Paid about forty dollars for it fifteen years ago.  I found
it effective and easy to use, but it doesn't make a
full-circumference swage like his other tool.

That cautionary example he shows is a scandalously bad terminal.  I
wonder whether it would even withstand a pull test, there's so little material.

Yours,
David