Steve I have a question about your plug. Do you roll the lip on the lathe are do you use a tool like a riveting flaring tool. In other words like a cone head tool?
Don
I have a press that rolls the lip over.
The base of the plug threads into the bottom piece.
The center part is bored to .005 larger than the bottom and top piece. It's
sole purpose is to hold the top and bottom parts in alignment.
The top part is the piece that folds the base over the insulator.
The center part is slid into the arbor press. The base is screwed into the bottom
part, the insulator gets set into the base, and the whole mess is dropped into the
center part. Then the top part gets dropped into the center part and on top of the
bottom part with the base in it. Then lightly press. The 12L14 is no match for the
steel press and folds real easy.