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iserian:
Nice.  How much did you end up spending?



--- Quote from: millercentral on September 06, 2012, 06:48:08 am ---I got one like this off ebay:


And I went from 15 minutes-per unreliable crimp (and a lot of swearing), to 3 or 4 crimps a minute with extremely high reliability. It holds the terminal in place with a little spring loaded clamp, you just insert the wire, and both crimp areas are compressed in one squeeze. Mine came with a Micro-Fit style die (like in the picture), which works well enough for both the wire-to-wire connections and the pins needed for the wire-to-board connectors as well.

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PL1:
I know this one isn't ratcheting, but it is made by Molex.  It's also not $300 like the Molex brand ratcheting ones I've seen. :o



Spec sheet here.  The contact types it works with are listed on the right.

Available from Mouser or Allied Electronics for less than $40.

Has anyone tried this one?


Scott
Nephasth:

--- Quote from: PL1 on September 07, 2012, 01:12:58 am ---Has anyone tried this one?


Scott

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I have a similar pair that I use for tiny terminal pins:


I've made over 2,000 crimps with them and they're still going strong. The only thing I don't like is that, with these crimpers, I have to crimp each terminal pin twice (once for the conductor, and once for the insulator).
PL1:

--- Quote from: Nephasth on September 07, 2012, 08:05:50 am ---The only thing I don't like is that, with these crimpers, I have to crimp each terminal pin twice (once for the conductor, and once for the insulator).

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Hmm. . . $260 less in my pocket or crimp twice. . . Thats a tough one.   :lol

Also why such a tease, Nep.  You post a cryptic hint about a $30 crimper and a pic from Amazon, but not a link to the source.  You afraid one of us noobs might take over your role as Molex Man?  >:D  ;D


Scott
Nephasth:
When I want something I do a great deal of searching to find the best deals... But for those who like stuff handed to them here we go...

The crimpers from my previous post:
http://www.amazon.com/Engineer-PA-09-Micro-Connector-Crimpers/dp/B002AVVO7K
These are for really tiny crimps only. I used them on 1mm JST terminal pins...

The mysterious $30 crimpers (they crimp the insulation and conductor simultaneously):
http://www.amazon.com/Tool-Aid-18930-Ratcheting-Weatherpack/dp/B000K1CFXO/ref=sr_1_9?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1347061444&sr=1-9&keywords=ratchet+crimper
Great for the "standard" Molex connector pins.

And the $7 dies for the ratcheting crimpers:
http://www.pimfg.com/Product-Detail/HT-236-2C4-DIE
For Molex Micro-Fit family and USB style header connectors.

I've posted all of this before as well, but nobody listens to me... except for yotsuya.
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