slanty 8 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Does anyone at gulf harbour have a cable crimping tool they'd be willing to lend me for a day? Catch is that I'm in Welly and won't be at gulf harbour till around boxing day to a few days after NY or so. Any leads gratefully accepted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 954 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 what size cable, what purpose? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slanty 8 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Sorry - Should have said. Am running cables for a windlass. 35mm sq cable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 954 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 aaaah. I used a crimper for stainless wire crimping when I did mine, but I am an ex-auto sparkie and I can own my own failures! I would suggest running your cable to get the measurements right, then taking the whole lot to a friendly auto or marine sparkie to crimp the terminals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slanty 8 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Cool - am doubting many will be open when I'm up there so if anyone has a unit to borrow I think that would be preferable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 430 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, slanty said: Cool - am doubting many will be open when I'm up there so if anyone has a unit to borrow I think that would be preferable. Buying one might be an option. I bought one of these recently, very cheap and a nice tool to have in the tool box. https://www.trademe.co.nz/3906863326 Unfortunately I have no idea where it is as I am between storage containers so can't loan it to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 954 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, CarpeDiem said: Buying one might be an option. I bought one of these recently, very cheap and a nice tool to have in the tool box. https://www.trademe.co.nz/3906863326 Unfortunately I have no idea where it is as I am between storage containers so can't loan it to you. thats bloody good value for the occasional user! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slanty 8 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Ok - I've dropped the hammer on one of those, Will report back on how good they are Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jason128 6 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Been there- they were not any good- the tooling are not standard crimp sizes. Definately not as good a result as the pros get. Get extra lugs and try a few before putting into action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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