What I did was purchase an inexpensive 5" harbour-fright vice that
had 2
screws hold the serrated teeth bars. I took the two screws out from
each
side and replaced the hardened steel tooth bars with 1/2"x1/2"x5"
aluminum bar stock.
I drilled two holes thru the aluminum bar stock for the holding
screws
and put them back on the vice. I then drilled a series of different
sized holes along the bar. It is absolutely awesome. I have my own
custom crimping machine that will make a perfect compression around
any
crimp connector. I have about 5 holes in one bar that manages most
of my
needs. And if need be another set of aluminum bars can be made with
different sized holes if the occasion ever came up. I also have a
small
taper at one end (the bottom of the drilled holes) that leaves a
slightly less compressed area just like my hand-crimpers do.
Gedas, W8BYA
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On 1/7/2020 2:22 PM, Mike Fahmie via TowerTalk wrote:
I recently purchased this one via EBAY. The dies are cut for
metric lugs (mm�) but are fairly close to US sizes. I haven't
looked to see how close they may be for coax connectors though they
are hex dies. The die is fairly simple so if one has machining
skills (and gear), it wouldn't be difficult to fabricate an exact
die.
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On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 11:05:36 AM PST, Grant Saviers
<grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:
The HF hydraulic press/die set is designed for ~#6 and larger
electrical
wire lugs so using it for coax crimps is probably not a good idea.
Worked great for home/shop use, I think about $75 for an identical
unit
on ebay/amazon. Greenlee pro unit $1500.
Grant
On 1/7/2020 10:05, jimlux wrote:
On 1/7/20 9:16 AM, Earl Wesner via TowerTalk wrote:
I saw a recent post on crimp tools for hex crimps on coax, which
had a
comment from a gentleman regarding physical ability to squeeze
the
crimper handle tight enough.
It comes to mind that there is a tool available from Harbor
Freight
and others which uses a (small hydraulic) lever/pump which takes
several strokes to close the dies, and which comes with assorted
dies
for small to quite large hex sizes. I got mine from Amazon:
BETOOL
8020 is the item model..
There are also pneumatically operated crimpers.
Nobody on an assembly line making hundreds of crimps a day is
going to
use muscle power, unless they want to be doomed to disability
payments
and OSHA fines for the repetitive stress injuries.
I've seen the hydraulic ones for things like battery lugs. I
assume
they're available for coax connector size things.?? How expensive
are
they? is it a $100 item or a $500 item.
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