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Nephasth

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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2015, 02:20:10 pm »
If it's worth doing, do it right. I have a set of ratcheting crimpers with swappable dies, and also another set of crimpers for the really really really tiny pins. I don't cut corners in my wiring.
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #41 on: January 08, 2015, 02:27:24 pm »
Quote from: Nephasth on January 08, 2015, 02:20:10 pm
If it's worth doing, do it right. I have a set of ratcheting crimpers with swappable dies, and also another set of crimpers for the really really really tiny pins. I don't cut corners in my wiring.

So no teeth? Damn. I'm kinda disappointed. But thanks for the straight answer.
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #42 on: January 08, 2015, 02:37:01 pm »
Teeth are for stripping the wire.   :cheers:
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2015, 03:04:28 pm »
Quote from: BorgDog on January 08, 2015, 02:37:01 pm
Teeth are for stripping the wire.   :cheers:

Hahaha! I pulled legos apart with my teeth when I was a kid and my parents paid a small fortune to have them fixed. I think I will invest in a pair of good strippers.  :laugh:
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2015, 03:21:32 pm »
Quote from: n3wt0n on January 08, 2015, 03:04:28 pm
I think I will invest in a pair of good strippers.  :laugh:

I haven't seen any bad ones, but I don't get out much.  ;)
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #45 on: January 08, 2015, 04:13:10 pm »
Quote from: RandyT on January 08, 2015, 03:21:32 pm
Quote from: n3wt0n on January 08, 2015, 03:04:28 pm
I think I will invest in a pair of good strippers.  :laugh:

I haven't seen any bad ones, but I don't get out much.  ;)

That felt like a bit of a setup when I typed it in but I'm still pretty new around here so I let it go.  :applaud:
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #46 on: January 08, 2015, 08:35:28 pm »
When you get to his level, you just look at the pins and they crimp themselves to the wire out of pure fear.
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2015, 01:54:32 pm »
I am pretty excited to be starting on adding in my connectors. I bought (what I think are) the right tools for the job and I am just getting started... this is going to take a while.
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2015, 01:59:04 pm »
Whoa, those connectors are huge. :o
But congrats on rolling your own! :applaud:
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2015, 02:25:46 pm »
Quote from: Nephasth on January 23, 2015, 01:59:04 pm
Whoa, those connectors are huge. :o
But congrats on rolling your own! :applaud:

+1  :applaud:
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2015, 05:18:46 pm »
Ratcheting crimper = best money spent.
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Re: RGB button wire - what to use.
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2015, 10:40:32 pm »
Quote from: Slippyblade on January 23, 2015, 05:18:46 pm
Ratcheting crimper = best money spent.

I couldn't agree more. I tried doing a couple with a pair of regular cheap crimpers and I didn't produce anything I was happy with. I was being cheap and trying to avoid spending some $$$. This particular brand seems to do well but it does mess up the back crimps from time to time - the ones on the insulation.
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