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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: Crimp Tool Alert

I noticed another PIDG tool on the HF website that

I'd cited before but never put my hands on one. They

were on sale a few weeks ago so I purchased one for

$7.50.



It's a very capable clone of the $low$ tools that have

been out in the wild for 20 years . . .



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/Harbor_Freight_93977.gif

  . . . but with improvements that sculptured the dies

(particularly on the insulation grip side).



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/Harbor_Freight_97420.gif



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/Harbor_Freight_97420.jpg



I'm disappointed to report to you that while this tool

does do a good wire grip, crush height is too tall to

grip the smaller diameter wires we use in the airplanes.

Some of you may recall that we encountered this condition

once before. A Cleveland Tool crimper . . .



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/CLEVELAND60A.jpg



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/CLEVELAND61A.jpg



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/CLEVELAND65A.jpg



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/CLEVELAND66A.jpg



The HF product is a great, low cost alternative to going

first class



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Crimp_Tools/AMP_T-Head_2.jpg



but in this case, the tool just doesn't cut it for purposes

close to our hearts.



I'll experiment with some modifications to the tool to see

if it can be shimmed  . . . but then, if I spend more than

20 minutes on making it work, I've blown the cost of ownership

advantage for having acquired the low cost tool in the first

place!

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