Hit 500 wiring terminations on one job last week and my hands still hurt

Working on a Gulfstream G-IV out of West Palm Beach and I just passed 500 individual crimps and pin checks on the same harness rebuild. My fingers are basically useless for anything delicate now, I keep dropping my coffee mug. Idk if anyone else has kept a running count like that before, but hitting that number made me realize how much patience this job actually takes. Anyone else ever track their terminations over a big project?

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xena_anderson1d ago

Knew I was in trouble when I tried to pick up a quarter off the floor and my thumb just said nope. All that crimping turns your hand into a claw for the rest of the day. You'd think after the first few hundred your fingers would toughen up, but they just get more ornery instead. I swear I've lost more coffee that way than I've actually drank.

wyatt_ross271d ago

Man I feel this so hard. I did a full cockpit harness on a Lear 45 last year and stopped counting at 400 because it was just depressing me. My thumb was numb for like two weeks after from all the crimpers.