cable crimping

[notanotherone]

maplins is too dear for tools mate
i dont know wot its like where ur from mate but Glasgow we have a place called BonnyPack and it is fantastic
i went into maplins looking for a soldering iron £15 they wanted for the one i was looking at went into BonnyPack and got the exact same one for £1.25 exc vat now thats wot i'm talking about wouldn't look past them for tools
only went to that site cause BonnyPack don't sell crimps lol
Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

:roflmao:we have poundies which is even cheaper

 

[MFCGMFC]

Coax strippers are fantastic, f plugs you posted are fine.
Go for this has everything you need http://www.mxmart.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=109

recieved this set today mate but they connectors wont stay on the rg6 cable i got from a VM engineer they just slip off with minimal effort what am i doing wrong

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[velvitjester69]

recieved this set today mate but they connectors wont stay on the rg6 cable i got from a VM engineer they just slip off with minimal effort what am i doing wrong
Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

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not crimping them enough

 

[MFCGMFC]

what do u mean by not crimping them enuff

i've cut the cable down so that the inside shiedling is at the point where its coming through the hole with the copper and then pushing the little blue bit all the way down till its completely squashed

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[davidh]

these r what vm use the cut the cable and crimp them on

the tool and f-connectors

 

[davidh]

what do u mean by not crimping them enuff

i've cut the cable down so that the inside shiedling is at the point where its coming through the hole with the copper and then pushing the little blue bit all the way down till its completely squashed

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

the outer cable should go inside the blue piece

 

[velvitjester69]

from what i understand you are saying the f connectors you have are slipping off the cable after you crimp them,that means they are not getting squashed onto the cable tight enough,hence the fact they are just slipping off,the tool you have probably has different adjustment setting for tightening,see if you can adjust it to tighten the f connector more

 

[davidh]

from what i understand you are saying the f connectors you have are slipping off the cable after you crimp them,that means they are not getting squashed onto the cable tight enough,hence the fact they are just slipping off,the tool you have probably has different adjustment setting for tightening,see if you can adjust it to tighten the f connector more

problem it will be is u can get different size f-connectors
the produce ones for the black cable which r bigger than the ones for the white cable

 

[MFCGMFC]

these r what vm use the cut the cable and crimp them on

the tool and f-connectors

those are the exact connectors just a different tool i'm using to put them on

yes the white insulation goes inside the blue bit and the inner-silver but is coming up through the connector along with the copper but still the f-plug s coming off cable

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[velvitjester69]

ok,well if i was in ur situation i would get a vice grips and crush the shit out of it tbh.if it wrecks pic quality just chop off and do again

 

[davidh]

those are the exact connectors just a different tool i'm using to put them on

yes the white insulation goes inside the blue bit and the inner-silver but is coming up through the connector along with the copper but still the f-plug s coming off cable

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

have a look on the f-connectors what does it say??

 

[velvitjester69]

@davidh,the pic is quality,of stevie g and carradona

 

[MFCGMFC]

the f-connectors dont say annyhting

its the snap and seal ones thats all i know got them with my crimps and cutters from that canadian site


Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[velvitjester69]

are you sure the crimping tool cant be asjusted to crush tighter?

 

[davidh]

the f-connectors dont say annyhting

its the snap and seal ones thats all i know got them with my crimps and cutters from that canadian site


Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

on mine from the cc's lol

it has *AUGAT LRC*SNS6

may be the cable is thin is it proper cc cable??

 

[q2uantum]

those are the exact connectors just a different tool i'm using to put them on

yes the white insulation goes inside the blue bit and the inner-silver but is coming up through the connector along with the copper but still the f-plug s coming off cable

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

Hi M8, i bought the same set as you and had the same problem to start with ... BUT they work fine honestly... this is what I have done..

1) Use the cable stripper to strip the cable - I put the end of the cable level with the side of the stripper

2) Put the blue plug over the end of the cable

3) push your cable in to the end, you have to make sure that the white outer sheath of the cable goes on the outside of the inner part of the plug. Just keep pushing until the inner plastic core is level with the inside of the connector. You will fine the middle wire core then protudes quite a lot out of the F plug.

4) Cut the wire core back level with the F-Plug

5) Insert plug into compression crimpers and squeeze your life out of it... The blue plug basically squashes the outer core of the white cable (i.e. the white bit) on to the outside of the smaller middle core of the F- Plug


I hope this make sense - if it doesnt I will try and post some pictures of mine while I am doing it if it helps...

q2

 

[manj501]

any1 ordered frm here...http://www.mxmart.com/index.php?main...roducts_id=109?

if yes...how long does did your delivery take?

 

[velvitjester69]

this may help

http://www.interstateelectronics.com/howto/coaxterm.html

 

[MFCGMFC]

tried that mate still cant get them 2 stay on wasted bout 10 of these little buggers lol

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[q2uantum]

any1 ordered frm here...http://www.mxmart.com/index.php?main...roducts_id=109?

if yes...how long does did your delivery take?

This is what i ordered from there m8 - they take about 10days to be shipped from the US.

Regards

q2