Crimping Furutech FP203R spades
I bought the hydraulic crimper for the Furutech spades. When crimped the barrel moves between the left and right opening. The crimped barrel looks like my drawing with flat pressed sides. Does this happen with yours also @mitch2 ? Edit: I tried to upload a pic but I can’t figure out how. |
Hard without a picture but the result is hexagonal, the same shape as the dies. There may occasionally be a bit of the spade material that squeezes into the edges where the two die pieces come together but I have never had a crimped spade come apart or fail in any other way. The end result should look sorta close to the Cardas forged connection. |
You may be using too small of a die for the wire/connector that you are crimping. Check out this video that provides some guidance on selecting the die size as well as showing what a finished crimp should look like. You may consider practicing on a few throw-away pieces to get the hang of things. Good luck. |
