The die size is actually specific to the connector, but in my experience .215 (.213 on some crimpers) is the one you will use for the braid crimp on most RG-58 connectors. The smaller sizes is for crimping the center pin. This one really depends on the specific connector, but generally the .068 is for TNC, BNC and N center pin crimps.
lh On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:51 PM, hitekgearhead <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I know this has been thrown around a bit before but I could use a little > assistance. > > I just purchased a crimper and a couple sets of dies. I bought some cheap > BNC and TNC connectors to practice with along with some RG-58A/U cable. > > I bought 3 different sets of dies. One of which is for RG-8 size connectors > so I am not really concerned with that yet. The other two dies have hex > crimp sizes of .324, .255, .215, .100, .068 and .215, .184, .068, .042 > Obviously these two dies duplicate the .215 and .068 sizes. > > Basically I am not sure what size hex to use for the above stated RG-58A/U > and BNC and TNC connectors. > > Also, I have a question regarding stripping the cable. I am not going to be > doing high volumes of cables, but probably will be doing them on different > size of coax. Would you recommend a stripper or will a razor knife suffice. > > Lastly, and relating to the coax strippers: Don't different connectors, > even on the same type/size of coax, need different stripping lengths? This > would probably translate into quite a few different strippers for different > cables and connectors, no? > > Thanks > Albert > > >
