Hydraulic Terminal Crimper

[rodsmith]

I bought this several months ago for $30 on EBAY. There now seem to be several brands available in the $40 and up range. These make nice hexagonal crimps on your fat wires. This one includes dies for double ought to 12 awg. Picture is of a crimped terminal on 8 awg wire. I finish the crimps with a piece of heat shrink tubing over the bare terminal barrel. I don't understand the numbering system on the dies, but it is obvious which one to use for each terminal size.
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[alaskabearhawk]

I bought something similar and it works great. Mine embosses the terminal size into the crimp area. I made sure the dies were in AWG, not metric. Maybe yours is using the metric equivalent.

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