Hi, can 25lb IQ2 be safely crimped ?

In reply to Post #1
Check the spool but I am pretty sure no it can't
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Just checked this and no you can't the diameter of the IQ2 is too narrow

In reply to Post #2
Ok no worries , appreciate you checking , thankyou

Yea need something thicker like boom

In reply to Post #4
Why would you want to crimp IQ when you can just use Boom ?

Wychwood do a 0.6mm crimp
I can't find a 25lb IQ2

In reply to Post #1
Yes, no problem.

One thing I saw Darrel Peck talk about recently was when using a small crimp is to actually crimp it in the larger space on the pliers and you get a better result, I've since tried it and he is right, that was with Mouth Trap though.

In reply to Post #8
This is what I've always done, you crush less this way.

In reply to Post #8
I use either of the 2 options haven't noticed any difference

In reply to Post #10
I wanted to know this so gave it a go last week at the dinning table.

I made up some small chods and crimped the swivel end so I could get it nice and short.

I then put it into my pullers and the hooklink snapped at the hook end.
The crimped end didn't budge

In reply to Post #11
Hi

I have given the boom and krimps a try for the first time. I have been using the small krimp with the 25lb boom as stated. I also have put the small krimp in the small hole on the krimp tool and it doesn't look right?? Looks very crushed. It holds well on a test with the pullas but just looks abit wrong and creates two flanges either side of the crimp and not nice and round. Is it correct that if you put it in the larger hole you get the same breaking strain but a neater looking krimp?

Thanks

In reply to Post #12
From your description you are not putting the crimp in the correct position. It needs to be in the pliers with one tube above the other. Get it in right and it will be neat and perfect every time. Any flattening and it's wrong. Bit of care and practice will sort it out.

In reply to Post #11
I have been thinking of doing something similar,how do they look?

In reply to Post #14
Definitely lining them up in the barrel correctly. Ultra paranoid about that

In reply to Post #15
I'm probally just being really fussy. Under tension with 2 puller tools it does not budge at all.

In reply to Post #16
I have discovered what is causing it. There is a small dink in the krimp tool on the corner of the small hole which is causing this problem. Used my friends tool and no problem. new one on order

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In reply to Post #17
Good friend then!!