In a message dated 01/01/2009 15:20:12 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
As a crimping tool, I use a small vise I have normally secured to my bench. That works very well. I have used it for about 15 years and made hundreds of cables for that type of connector, up to and including the 40 pin type used for hard drives (the old parallel ATA type). It is too bad that while the 10 pin connector is very common in older PCs to connect the serial ports from the mothercard to the rear panel, in that application they only crimp 9 wires (because there is a 9 pin serial connector at the other end), and the LPRO needs both wires at the end, so while you may reuse the connector itself (they are not too hard to take apart, even though you need to be careful if you intend to reuse the connector), you need to make a new cable. -------------- I agree re the vise, having done the same myself, but in this instance why not just cut off part of an old floppy or hard drive cable, enough to leave the 10 sockets and attached wiring? For personal use it's not so important to have a locating lug, and smaller connectors quite often didn't have them anyway. regards Nigel GM8PZR _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
