On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:55:19 -0500, Paul wrote:
Ignoramus25943 wrote:

Also, just curious, what crimper do you use for crimping 10-18 gauge
terminals. (mostly insulated). I am not 100% satisfied with
mine.

After having done a lot of Ethernet wiring with a nice Ideal RJ-45
crimper, I now want to upgrade my cheap terminal crimper to something
nice also. Hence my question.

By the way, the ethernet wiring upgraded my house to gigabit Ethernet.

i

Iggy

If that's the ratcheting type RJ45 crimper you can get a set of dies for
it that does crimp on lugs. These things not only crimp the wire in the
lug barrel but have a secondary die that crimps the plastic barrel part
of the connector onto the wire insulation. These are becoming sort of a
'spec grade' required method in some industries such as nuclear power
and the power industry in general, per a friend in that area. I have a
set for my ratcheting crimpers at work and they do a very nice job but
somewhat more slowly than other methods.

My crimper of choice is actually one of those universal types, but a
very nice one, not one of those ****ty ones that come with the 'crimp on
assortment' kits. The wire stripper section is not the best but I do use
the screw cutter section. I don't recall what brand they are, possibly
Klien, maybe Ideal. The T&B brand crimpers do a nice job also, 'u'
shaped dies for non insulated lugs and longer fatter handles for better
leverage.

Paul, thanks. If you have a picture of the crimper that you like, I
would love to look at it.

i