The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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I got some grief for my "squashed" terminal on another site so I took a few steps to try to improve the quality of the crimps
I got some better 4 ga terminals from McMaster Carr...

And came up with a plan to hopefully make some better crimps. I used a piece of 1/8th inch diameter steel rod to make an impression in the top of the lug.

I clamped the lug in the crimping tool.

While crimping, this rod caves in the top of the lug similar to the Molex style crimpers.

The caving action draws in the sides of the lug and keeps it from spreading out. Once this is done I removed the rod, turned the lug 90 degrees and recrimped it.
Does this look better?