In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 04 May 2013 10:06:45 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

To be honest, I've always considered crimping to be a fast,
semi-skilled process - an inferior substitute for proper
termination/jointing, whether on 16mm wire ends or BNC plugs.

That gets my vote as the worst informed quote of the month.

+1

I suspect Frank has only ever come across crimps not done with the
corrcet tool for the crimp in use on stuff that the crimp wasn't
designed for.

Not sure about that. With the mention of BNC plugs. There are non crimp
ones available for emergency repairs in the field - but the vast majority
rely on being correctly crimped. How else would you connect the screen?

A correctly sized crimp done with the correct tool to the right pressure
produces a gas tight cold weld. Very reliable, doesn't creep or vibrate
loose. I guess this is why avionics uses crimps...

Quite.

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