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Paul Olson:

iheartengineering also sells them through Amazon. I think I will pick up a pair of those. I do a lot of crimping, so it will be worth the investment.

If you don't do a lot of crimping, the D-Sub crimpers will definitely do the job. Just look how the pin fits in the crimper. The prongs for wire insulation are very narrow, so you need to make sure to position them properly in the crimper.

Look closely at the crimper. It is actually 2 pieces. One half is to crimp the tongs around the bare wire, the other half is to crimp them around the insulation. If you position the pin so insulation tongs are only in the inner half of the insulation part, it will crimp just fine. The pin will start to roll a little when you squeeze, so the crimp will look a little odd around the insulation, but it is strong, and it will fit fine in the housing.

Better tools are always a good option, but this will work if you just need to do a few pins.

MonMotha:

I've attempted to crimp Molex Picoblade terminals with the Radio Shack D-Sub crimper (I have one).  It's an exercise in frustration.  Even if you can manage to get the contact positioned reasonably (the length of the entire terminal is about the same as the thickness of the crimp die, so good luck), getting the wire into it and getting the crimper cycled without things moving around is almost impossible.  There's no way to hold the terminal in position as you move the crimp dies.  Those things are TINY!

I certainly wouldn't say it can be done "easily".  These aren't your grandma's 0.1" KK terminals.  Perhaps I'd say "it can be done."

If you do manage to get it done, it should hold reasonably, though.  That crimper has a height sufficient to hold on to AWG28, according to the labeling on mine, at least.

Unless I crossed that Multicomp part to the wrong series...  If it's a different series, it may be easier to do.

Kevin Mullins:

I'd roll'em with a pair of needlenose pliers, add a wisp of solder and call it good ....  ;D

loppydog:

I soldered my wires directly to the pins.  It took about 5 mins and if I ever need to take them apart I will just break out the good old soldering iron.

pinballwizard79:

http://www.arcadeguns.com/

$168 = two guns & 0 minutes invested



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