Nicopress

[fred1diver]

Hello everybody,
Working on my spinnaker pole and I need to replace the jaw wires, I got the cables and the nicopress crimps, having never used these, how do you crimp them and what tool do you use?

 

[Joe]

You need a crimping tool. West marine has a tool bench with one that you can use. Might be able to borrow.... but you didn't buy from them so that's unlikely. Otherwise, you can buy an inexpesive one, for lightweight stuff like your project, on amazon.

 

[CYQK]

research the order in which you make a crimp with a nicopress tool
Cant do that....take it to an aircraft repair shop they will have one and ask them to do it for you

 

[Joe]

He can take it to West Marine. Every store has one at their workbench. But he'll have to take the pole into the store... if it's rigged like mine the trip wire is fastened to the pole's triggers with the nicropress. There's not a lot of stress on the trip line. He could use a length of 1/8" dyneema instead of wire, which would allow him to tie it on with buntline hitch.

 

[rpwillia]

Would something like this work? Hydraulic Wire Crimping Tool