i thought their was a special tool to crimp it or somethin once u got done with the solder

I crimp mine in a vice

i guess that will work lol

not trying to be persitant or anything

but i thought there was a special tool that would do like 4awg to 1/0

i cant remember who was talkin about it

I've crimped 'em in a vice too, works great.

Drinking a beer, watching MASH...

Got pre-approved for a $280,000 mortgage w/ a $50,000 down payment today ... Yays

Buys you a two bedroom condo here, maybe, just maybe a 750sq. ft. house. Market is higher there, so, what are you looking at?

~2000 sq.ft house (2.5 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 floors) w/ 900 sq. ft shop, 2-car garage, and a small yard in town right beside a park and close to schools.

Got pre-approved for a $280,000 mortgage w/ a $50,000 down payment today ... Yays

Buys you a two bedroom condo here, maybe, just maybe a 750sq. ft. house. Market is higher there, so, what are you looking at?

~2000 sq.ft house (2.5 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 floors) w/ 900 sq. ft shop, 2-car garage, and a small yard in town right beside a park and close to schools.

Wow! Congrats!s

i thought their was a special tool to crimp it or somethin once u got done with the solder

It's called a BFH

Congrats James

looks great mk

how is the job conference thing goin?

and u never answered my questions if that was michelle's car

It's Laci's old car. And thing are going great. The training is slow, but had dinner at the Monument Inn and went into Houston and met up w/ trey Michelle and the gang at Wild West

i thought their was a special tool to crimp it or somethin once u got done with the solder

It's called a BFH

There is a crimper .

But at $40-$100, fark all that noise. Here's my billy' way. Strip the end of the wire first, about 1/2" or so. I clamp the ring end in a bench vise. Blast the barrel with the torch until solder will melt. Then fill the barrel about 3/4 of the way full of solder. Then jam the stripped wire into the solder filled barrel. Takes a couple seconds to solidify completely.

I forgot to add that my method is for the ring terminals with the closed end at the ring. If your using the ones with both ends open. I usually use a coal chisel and a bfh

Got pre-approved for a $280,000 mortgage w/ a $50,000 down payment today ... Yays

Buys you a two bedroom condo here, maybe, just maybe a 750sq. ft. house. Market is higher there, so, what are you looking at?

~2000 sq.ft house (2.5 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 floors) w/ 900 sq. ft shop, 2-car garage, and a small yard in town right beside a park and close to schools.

Sounds like a hella of a house man!!!! Congrats!!!!!

Is it in need of some repairs such as plumbing, or the roof? Cause things like that can be VERY costly

Though, because you brought it up I would love to do a cost analysis to see how long it would take for the vehicle to pay itself back

it won't ever.

That's what Sean was saying unless all the costs associated with owning that car are free, it would still be less to own oone car. I have had this same discussion with the soon to be W and go over the math every 3-4 months.

My dad bought a brand new Hyundai Accent, and the car payment + fuel cost is still less than his 97 Z-71's fuel costs was...

Still have the Z-71 for fishing excursions and whatnot...

He is at an extreme where he drives a lot of miles

200 miles a week is extreme?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/the-iph...-jobs-inventor/

i thought their was a special tool to crimp it or somethin once u got done with the solder

It's called a BFH

There is a crimper .

But at $40-$100, fark all that noise. Here's my billy' way. Strip the end of the wire first, about 1/2" or so. I clamp the ring end in a bench vise. Blast the barrel with the torch until solder will melt. Then fill the barrel about 3/4 of the way full of solder. Then jam the stripped wire into the solder filled barrel. Takes a couple seconds to solidify completely.

Those things are freaking expensive over here

Rather pricey here as well.

there was a hard rain storm last night... and I was driving my newly Ram and foamed truck and I noticed something... not one drop of sound from the rain came through the roof. I was amazed.

Sweetness and light!

I also got the GF the new xsi camera. She was happy. I think she will be showing me her appreciation all this weekend, repeatedly I hope.

DeepSubBoy = village idiot.

I use a vise & a screw driver to crimp, then the 150W soldering iron to solder it.

Jmac, a house like that would cost $500,000-600,000 here, fack, hope you get it! Where on the island are you???

DeepSubBoy = village idiot.

I gots ideas for crazy hard bang yo

does BFH stand for somethin?

Big Fucking Hammer

need stimulants.... now... ack.. no coffee. I'm even willing to drink work coffee.