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crimping oversize wire crimping oversize wire:


I tried to crimp some of that oversize #10 high-strand-count wire from Sky High and it went about as well as
I was expecting it to. Having just squeezed hard enough to get the crimper to release was already enough to
practically weld the 45 contact into the die. The contact ripped in half as I tried to remove it, and I had
to practically beat it out of the die. It even left a copper residue impression inside the die! I think I'll
stick to soldering these bad boys.


  DSCN6688 (this isn't going to end well)  
   DSCN6691 (crimper finally opened, and I ripped the contact trying to pull it out)  
   DSCN6693 (get ripped)  
   DSCN6696 (get ripped)  
   DSCN6699 ("that doesn't look normal")  
   DSCN6700 (got the contact off... sort of)  
  DSCN6688 (this isn't going to end well)     DSCN6691 (crimper finally opened, and I ripped the contact trying to pull it out)     DSCN6693 (get ripped)     DSCN6696 (get ripped)     DSCN6699 ("that doesn't look normal")     DSCN6700 (got the contact off... sort of)  
  DSCN6703 (now how am I going to get THAT out?)  
   DSCN6705 (now how am I going to get THAT out?)  
   DSCN6709 (carnage)  
   DSCN6710 (finally beat it out with a punch)  
   DSCN6716 (it looks better in person, but that's copper pressed into the die surface)  
  DSCN6703 (now how am I going to get THAT out?)     DSCN6705 (now how am I going to get THAT out?)     DSCN6709 (carnage)     DSCN6710 (finally beat it out with a punch)     DSCN6716 (it looks better in person, but that's copper pressed into the die surface)  


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