[6pack] Crimping Bullet connectors

[Robert McBride]

Lineman pliers predate crimping connectors and crimping tools by about a 
hundred years I would guess...They have a wire cutter and the bill is wide 
for gripping wires and twisting them... I think they were used to wire the 
telegraph wires to the insulators on the poles. Now I use a electricians 
tool which is a wire cutter, crimping, screw cutter and wire stripper all in 
one, ..Bob M





In a message dated 1/13/2009 5:18:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rclark at robertsonclark.com writes:

Perhaps  the key is
proper crimping with the right tool and not just using a pair  of
lineman's pliers that most of us are guilty of  using.



OK, I would like to line up Bob's url   _http://tinyurl.com/98mxxy_
(http://tinyurl.com/98mxxy)   and the  statement about lineman's pliers.  An
electrician gave me what he said is a  "proper" crimping tool and it makes a 
crimp that
looks just like what Bob has  posted.  I thought the things were lineman's
pliers.  Maybe not.   I have crimped a connection and then clamped it in the 
vice
to do a little  destructive testing.  It held very well.
What gives?

David  Lylis