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Ravenger:

Those molex connectors are just what I'm looking for, thanks!

MonMotha:

This is the same as the AMP Universal Mate-n-Lok series, IIRC (I think Molex later crossed it).  It's a wonderful connector, but I find it a bit hard to crimp without the "proper" crimping tool, which you probably don't have and is kinda expensive.  You can make a go at it with needle nose pliers, but it won't hold very well, so a drop of solder is generally needed.  The insulation part can also be a pain to work with since it's designed to undergo a lot of forming, more than just a single bend.  Molex's terminals may be different than AMP's, I guess.

I wasn't aware that Radio Shack carried these.  They seem to carry the old 0.093" pin and socket series pretty much exclusively in terms of large wire-to-wire connectors.

Nephasth:

I like Molex's Micro-Fit family of connectors, about half the size of the connectors previously mentioned, and work great with 22 gauge wire.




PL1:


--- Quote from: MonMotha on September 07, 2012, 02:24:10 pm ---It's a wonderful connector, but I find it a bit hard to crimp without the "proper" crimping tool, which you probably don't have and is kinda expensive.

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I did pretty good with a pair of these from Radio Shack.

They're for D-sub pins, but they worked pretty well on these pins.  You won't set any speed records, but if you use the flats on the jaw to pre-bend the insulation crimp wings in until they overlap and then crimp them, it seems to work well.  YMMV.


--- Quote from: MonMotha on September 07, 2012, 02:24:10 pm ---I wasn't aware that Radio Shack carried these.  They seem to carry the old 0.093" pin and socket series pretty much exclusively in terms of large wire-to-wire connectors.

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Very true.  That's why I linked to Twistywrist.  Correct size (.084") for Star Wars Yoke connector and 1/6th the price of Radio Shark.  :D


Scott

MonMotha:


--- Quote from: PL1 on September 07, 2012, 11:12:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: MonMotha on September 07, 2012, 02:24:10 pm ---It's a wonderful connector, but I find it a bit hard to crimp without the "proper" crimping tool, which you probably don't have and is kinda expensive.

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I did pretty good with a pair of these from Radio Shack.

They're for D-sub pins, but they worked pretty well on these pins.  You won't set any speed records, but if you use the flats on the jaw to pre-bend the insulation crimp wings in until they overlap and then crimp them, it seems to work well.  YMMV.

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It will depend on which contact you use (which in turn depends on the size of wire you're using), but from the assortment I have in my connector box for this series (which range from really huge to what appear to be designed for #20-22), there's no way you could crimp them with those things.  You'd basically just be mashing them, and even then it would be really tough to make them fit in the jaws.  Perhaps the Molex contacts are smaller than the AMP ones.  Do you have a picture of the resulting crimp?  I guess if it holds, it's probably good enough for this purpose.

FWIW, the "real" hand crimper for this series is pretty cool.  It has a nice locator assembly that makes it really hard to get things mispositioned.  Then again, it's also like $600 for the "low end" model...

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