The HF hydraulic press/die set is designed for ~#6 and larger electrical
wire lugs so using it for coax crimps is probably not a good idea.
Worked great for home/shop use, I think about $75 for an identical unit
on ebay/amazon. Greenlee pro unit $1500.
Grant
On 1/7/2020 10:05, jimlux wrote:
On 1/7/20 9:16 AM, Earl Wesner via TowerTalk wrote:
I saw a recent post on crimp tools for hex crimps on coax, which had a
comment from a gentleman regarding physical ability to squeeze the
crimper handle tight enough.
It comes to mind that there is a tool available from Harbor Freight
and others which uses a (small hydraulic) lever/pump which takes
several strokes to close the dies, and which comes with assorted dies
for small to quite large hex sizes. I got mine from Amazon: BETOOL
8020 is the item model..
There are also pneumatically operated crimpers.
Nobody on an assembly line making hundreds of crimps a day is going to
use muscle power, unless they want to be doomed to disability payments
and OSHA fines for the repetitive stress injuries.
I've seen the hydraulic ones for things like battery lugs. I assume
they're available for coax connector size things.?? How expensive are
they? is it a $100 item or a $500 item.
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