Wire Crimping

[clemcali]

I'm having trouble finding a wire crimping spec for what looks like stainless steel wire with a clear vinyl jacket. The wire I believe is 8 gage wire. If any of you know where I could find a list of specs it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mike2468]

You should check with a crimping supplier such as Tyco/Amp, Molex, Panduit. 8awg copper usually requires something bigger than a hand crimper such as a hydraulic crimper. Stainless cable would definately require some massive crimping forces.

 

[Barry1961]

Crimping cables is more often called swagging. If you google for cable swagging you should get plenty of info.

Barry1961

 

[itsmoked]

Barry1961;

Barry1961 meant to say swaging. sah-wage-ing

 

[Barry1961]

Thanks itsmoked.

I think my keyboard has a speling virus.

Barry1961

 

[itsmoked]

u sly dog.

 

[jraef]

Swagging is what most of us do for a living...

To those of you for whom English is not your primary language, SWAG is a commonly used coloquialism. It stands for Scientific Wild Ass Guess!

Just out of curiosity, do people in other English speaking countries use that term too?

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