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RandyT:


--- Quote from: Nephasth on April 04, 2012, 02:08:18 pm ---Then you should be selling and promoting scotch-locks and wire nuts as well… :P

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Seen plenty of wire nuts in real arcade machines.  They do the job they were designed to do....and well.

If a solid and fully functional crimp like this one in the photo below has an appearance which ruins your day, then don't use them.  But it looks fine to me.


--- Quote from: Vigo on April 04, 2012, 02:18:58 pm ---No matter how good the crimping tool, nothing can make those hard-insulated crimp connects look good. I don't ever see those used commercially either. They always seem to come naked or with insulation that was put on after crimping.

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Don't tell Molex that.  I have a pneumatic, tape fed machine here with very similar hard crimp connectors used in the automotive and industrial machinery industries.  You can also check out the photo below (sorry about the quality) of my real arcade machine panel, as shipped from the factory.  Same type of connectors.


MTPPC:


--- Quote from: Vigo on April 04, 2012, 02:18:58 pm ---No matter how good the crimping tool, nothing can make those hard-insulated crimp connects look good. I don't ever see those used commercially either. They always seem to come naked or with insulation that was put on after crimping.

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That's because commercial crimping machines use large rolled chains of uninsulated terminals because they are cheaper and about 10 times faster to install. But, as stated above, you can get commercial solutions for insulated terminals but those are much more rare.

Nephasth:


--- Quote from: RandyT on April 04, 2012, 02:30:04 pm ---If a solid and fully functional crimp like this one in the photo below has an appearance which ruins your day, then don't use them.  But it looks fine to me.

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Exactly why I don't use them. And yes, that crimp looks like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.


Now this... This is a sexy looking crimp...


RandyT:


--- Quote from: MTPPC on April 04, 2012, 02:41:00 pm ---That's because commercial crimping machines use large rolled chains of uninsulated terminals because they are cheaper and about 10 times faster to install. But, as stated above, you can get commercial solutions for insulated terminals but those are much more rare.

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The connectors on my Molex machine can be installed at the same pace, and are fully insulated.  But they cost about 5x as much as the non insulated ones.


--- Quote from: Nephasth on April 04, 2012, 02:43:55 pm ---Now this... This is a sexy looking crimp...

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:)  Connector pron....  The hard shell still provides a better grip and aids in installation.  It's also functional (insulation).  Again, looks aren't everything.

TheChairmanH2K:

i work for verizon and our guys cry when they cant get scotch-locks, dont be a hater  >:D

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