So Gordon I feel like I've exercised a few demons and you've managed to bring me into
this environment the last time I was going to a gym weekly it was Jim's cafe in Skipton so where
are we today okay I get limbering up because try and answer question we get asked of quite
a bit on the channel and that is can you crimp a solid core wire to a regular crimp terminal
I think yes so yeah I mean they'll go end of video is done well in the video I thought well
yeah that's a good question don't possibly know all the answers there's a lot of people out there
I've got an opinion I'd sure like to share with us and some industries people say you can and
some you can't so we thought we'd just do a little experiment to see actually how much weight can a
crimp terminal or take. Okay hence the location we're currently in then so we're not working out which
is a favourable decision I would suggest on me a nice to see you provided me with some wonderful
snacks as well so the cables will work those together yeah head to head but I've actually
thought well what some variables we could have any and that could be the quality of the crimp or the
quality of the crimp tool okay and what have you done with we're gonna go with a crimp tool okay
I've got my legacy to have hanging around in the toolbox for years this Press Master crimp tool
and I thought well let's compare that with I want to bought at a popular online retailer for
a very reasonable price that included next air delivery okay I take it I've got the reasonably
priced version of the tool then I want you're in the red corner I'm in the blue corner okay so we're
gonna crimp to get a couple of conductors there 2.50 looks of things and by the setup behind me
we're gonna hang some weights from them let's get limber not go you're gonna need that snack
okay so let's let's do but it crimp in and then there's a volley some weights on to them alright
seems alright like a mechanism at me you'll have a pouch of a pouch I love a snack as well now
that's quite nice down there but it's full of high energy though innit I'm not really gonna
get chance to burn that off I don't think unless you've got something else planned for self to this
just or just popped out there yeah I want to make sure this is good I'm gonna win this one
I never blew out a girl with brown if so we can tell gotta get mixed up oh yes my women
at last okay so I'm in the blue corner even the brown corners that what you said yeah okay right
I'm ready I'm good to go I want to make sure one see some connections I don't want to fall
at the first hurdle that's good you ready finally fair taste two rings yep two gloves so what we're
gonna go first are we gonna try yours against the dumb bells and the weights are we gonna try
mine what we need first look I'm in first you're in first game ready for this territory
now yes no stranger to a gym only if he's got a cafe in it so just to clarify them we know that
you can crimp solid conductors together and we've crimped them together but the agile task it seems
is we're actually gonna put to the test of the crimping tool cause the crimped or identical
grade same crimps so I've got that reasonably priced one off an online seller I've crimp my
ends up and we're now going to introduce weights to see which one can hold the longest and I've got
a feeling it's going to be a dead heat Gordon well first of all we've got this bar here on
the floor which is completely escape to me from my time at the gym what's it called that's the
barbell Gary okay I know a few dumbbells but not this is the bargain okay fine that weighs
20 kg so blue corner first okay just just yeah gently on there gently on there so 20 kg
first and then we're gonna thank some tens on so sure will be some obscure German standard that
someone's going to tell us about we like that at efIXX. gently go I knew that hold
okay oh confident earlier and I'm got yes gone straight in with the ten when we get here what
legacy told four hundred and fifty years ago oh yeah yeah so we'll go with that so gently
though gently for a so this makes it 40 is that right yeah that makes it four I think okay yeah
yeah I'm gonna win this one Joe's not holding me back this time so let's go with another 10 mmm
that goes to 60 then does it all okay let's try another ten if only we practiced on your fingers
and Joe's oh pretty good yeah yeah I'm gonna win this Tom's you um I just ate isn't it okay
all right let's go yeah it's definitely in a whole time all right I'm come ready yes yes that's good
here we go and again this takes you to a hundred-year okay what a tea we got to a
tee that was good we might need a moment to check the lower regions and we'll be back with the next
one all right ready for round two Gary so that was one one he's feeling a bit confident on so
they were in there I'm gonna win one we're in the round corner put that on there well let's
not miss around let's get straight in there okay yeah I don't think we can lose on attk
genus that's not my personal weight obviously I'm down at about 47 kg best Oh creaking a bit there
Gary it's been a while where these gyms have been closed for months you know I'm desperate to get
back to them okay so that's 20kg travel back your old legacy tour just about held on there did it
already like a 10 on them all I'm keep them clear we're not suggesting you do this at
home I will not suggest you use crimp to hold when they open up these up like this all right
up to 10 on how many isnthat on that's 40 okay mines going on its 80. I did 80 I think
you've reminded us that yeah done again yeah that's okay it's fine is it piling it in here
what's that that's like a two-unit yeah that's a so a level pegging there okay yeah go on another
ten not really sure no okay you nervous well we lose again if this one goes on you don't fit for
this when four gasps got more a dead heat Gary you know possibly slightly ahead like
yeah I think 80 kilograms we've proved a point that the through crimped actually a really good
crimp connection however off-camera we've actually proved the reverse and we've learned some lessons
while making this video what sort yeah it's not necessarily about the quality of the tool it's
a lot about how you use it really and there's some subtle difference between the two tools we've used
in this video that can make the difference to either epically strong crimp or one that
fails early and Gary could nearly lose his foot so if you've enjoyed this video if you've got
any other questions about crimps Bob with some questions in the comments below and watch out
for more videos on crimps where we'll be looking at some other important things you should know
you