On Saturday 16 July 2011 01:30:23 Scott Sipe wrote:
> http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10509&cs
>_id=1050901&p_id=195&seq=1&format=2
>
> $5 not too bad! I have one that looks 100% identical to this one.
> Totally worth it to crimp your own, IMHO. Took me awhile to get
> decent at it and it's not my favorite thing to do, but not that bad
> either. When I first started crimping my own cable I was exposing way
> too much of the interior of the cable in an effort to make it easier
> to get the colors in the right order. When I realized that the
> crimping tool has a part used to cut away the right length of the
> exterior cable, crimping got a lot easier.
>
> Scott
For occasional use they are fine ! Those are the sort of thing that I
give to the field lads to use for the odd one off. They don't last
long though, the dies are soft and damage easily the frame also
distorts under pressure easily, often producing a poor, damaged or bad
crimp.
If you look very carefully at the plug after using this tool, you may
see that the plastic between the contacts has been compressed as well
as the contacts.
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Derrick.
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