Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
While replacing some welding cables a few days ago, I found that I didn't have a way to crimp cable lugs onto the cable I was using. It isn't something I expect to do enough to justify the purchase of a dedicated crimping tool, but I know from prior experience that tying to do it with channel locks or some other non-specialty tool doesn't result in a sound crimp. How would it work to drill a hole in 1/2" plate, slightly smaller in diameter than the cup of the cable lug, saw it in half, and use the two pieces to swage the lug onto the cable?
If this sounds like making too much effort just to avoid a modest tool purchase, I'll mention that I'm sometimes without a project on a Saturday morning while I'm overseeing the metal arts studio at the community college. I could probably even do a fancy job of it.
Stan
If this sounds like making too much effort just to avoid a modest tool purchase, I'll mention that I'm sometimes without a project on a Saturday morning while I'm overseeing the metal arts studio at the community college. I could probably even do a fancy job of it.
Stan