You need the proper tools, like Simon sez.
Once you know what the proper tool is, try EBAY. A buddy of mine is an
avionics tech., he lent me his crimper for the Molex stuff. Whoa., sooo
easy and reliable. A few days later he called to suggest I take a look at
EBAY 'cause one of the crimpers was up there. Got it for 1/4 the normal
price. Trick is to get the exact tool that you need.
You'll never go back to solder and needle nose pliers once you've seen it
done right.
Good Luck,
Lee Estingoy
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Crimping tool for servo plugs
If you look close, you will see that the pin and spring contact assemblies
are
slightly different between all the marques. Add to this that the
aftermarket
arena has their own suppliers and configurations and you start to
understand
that no single crimping tool will do all..more like do one type.
At best what is offered by the aftermarket groups is adequate. Every
single
spring contact configuration will have it's proper crimping tool out there
in
the industry. Proper hand crimping tools are relatively expensive, too
much for
the average modeler ($100 to $1000).
The electro-mechanical performance of crimping is superior to soldering IF
the
proper tool has been used AND it has been set up properly.
If you buy the aftermarket assemblies, buy the tool they recommend.
Substituting with something else is hit-and-miss, and could generate the
same
results of a failed solder joint.
Quoting George Gillburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Soldering and then crimping with needlenose pliers is
getting a bit
> tiresome.
>
> Where can I find
a tool that'll do this job?
> If you are using the
connector kits sold by various vendors, you can buy the proper crimping
tool at Radio Shack for much less than the connector vendors usually sell
the same tool for. After that, its just a matter of crimping and
assembling the connectors. Good luck with that. I can do a JR type
connector that works well but for the life of me, I can't get an old
style
Airtronics connector to assemble properly.
George Gillburg Bakersfield, California
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