Wondering if anyone has experience with larger sized electrical crimpers, maybe somewhere around 8ga to 2/0 or so. I'm trying to make some nice battery and electrical cables for my Jeep truck LS swap. Hoping to find a nice industrial quality tool that is compatible with standard connectors I can get around town as well as nicer pieces from non-local suppliers.
I originally bought a tool from Quick cable, their smaller Cub Crimper which they say can do up to 1/0 with their nicer cast copper magnalugs. Instructions were shit, the die sizes didn't seem to be large enough for anything larger than 4 gauge. Was able to get a decent looking hex crimp on the 4 gauge connectors, but the larger 2 gauge ones leave a giant wing off to the side. Been trying to contact them to see if I'm doing something wrong, but after several emails and phone calls with nobody getting back to me, I'm just going to try to return it.
Been eyeing something from TemCo now, but they have several different styles. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than I might have some insight on the hex crimper that uses the various die sets, versus their dieless indent crimper. The one adjustable die seems like it would work well for varying sized connectors even of the same gauge size, and not having to fiddlefuck around with 32 dies would be nice.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/temcoindustrial.com/amp/tools/cutters-crimpers/crimpers/
Anyone have any ideas or experience with this type of stuff.
I originally bought a tool from Quick cable, their smaller Cub Crimper which they say can do up to 1/0 with their nicer cast copper magnalugs. Instructions were shit, the die sizes didn't seem to be large enough for anything larger than 4 gauge. Was able to get a decent looking hex crimp on the 4 gauge connectors, but the larger 2 gauge ones leave a giant wing off to the side. Been trying to contact them to see if I'm doing something wrong, but after several emails and phone calls with nobody getting back to me, I'm just going to try to return it.
Been eyeing something from TemCo now, but they have several different styles. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than I might have some insight on the hex crimper that uses the various die sets, versus their dieless indent crimper. The one adjustable die seems like it would work well for varying sized connectors even of the same gauge size, and not having to fiddlefuck around with 32 dies would be nice.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/temcoindustrial.com/amp/tools/cutters-crimpers/crimpers/
Anyone have any ideas or experience with this type of stuff.