Battery Cable Crimp tool

[Spokerider]

Guys,
I'm a long time DIY, building tools, contraptions, and whatever else I need to make fabrication go as planned..........

For my current project, I am looking to make a battery cable / welding cable lug crimp tool........preferably one that provides a hexagonal crimp vs the "hammered" V shaped crimp. I wish to crimp some 1/0 and 4 gauge cable lugs. Looking to see what others have come up with.

[Jon]

Hi Spokerider - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Good question. Here's a link for ideas: Homemade Tools: crimper - HomemadeTools.net

And, I'm going to move your question into our Tools in Progress subforum so you can get more ideas.

[tooly]

Here is a link to help you.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=h...cuTKyrRcdCs4M:

[owen moore]

Spokerider,
Take a look at using a small pair of bolt cutters and modifying the jaws. That would give you the force required.

[astroracer]

I got a hydraulic crimper off eBay. Around 40 bucks shipped... Here is my thread on modifying it to make it easier to use...
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...-5063#post6119
It works very well by the way, no complaints here as to it's performance.
Mark

[mbalsup]

I ended up buying a hydraulic crimper from Harbor Freight. It contains a decent sized set of dies and they are hexagon shaped crimps. Works as intended and allowed me to reach my goal of professional looking battery and ground cable crimps.