08-16-2016, 12:36 AM
This little adventure had taken on a life of it's own (along with a project for the Griso); I'm being sucked down the rabbit hole of crimpers.
For the Griso project I could use a crimper for the little pins you see on automotive connections (I tend to bend the tabs over by hand then solder - crimping would certainly make the soldering bit easier). Also, for the CB project it would be nice to have crimped splicers.
But many folks sell crimp dies for ratcheting crimpers ([url=http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Crimping-Die-sets-for-LS-LY-AN-AP-S-series-Hand-Crimper-Replaceable-crimping-die-set/1000001239394.html?spm=2114.10010108.100009.4.Ay2L42&scm=1007.13482.37805.0&pvid=315c3c67-8766-4f46-ac8f-6f0b5e70bd65&tpp=1)]http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Crimping-...d65&tpp=1) but it does not appear that the industry has a standard for identifying the die to be used for a certain connector - or is there?
I have two brands of ratcheting pliers (forehead slap) I use on COAX cable and would really like to avoid buying more, I'd like to get just the dies. Already found out that dies from one company will not always fit the other.
The other problem, looking at a connector, I really have no idea what die to use! Anyone have a clue?
For the Griso project I could use a crimper for the little pins you see on automotive connections (I tend to bend the tabs over by hand then solder - crimping would certainly make the soldering bit easier). Also, for the CB project it would be nice to have crimped splicers.
But many folks sell crimp dies for ratcheting crimpers ([url=http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Crimping-Die-sets-for-LS-LY-AN-AP-S-series-Hand-Crimper-Replaceable-crimping-die-set/1000001239394.html?spm=2114.10010108.100009.4.Ay2L42&scm=1007.13482.37805.0&pvid=315c3c67-8766-4f46-ac8f-6f0b5e70bd65&tpp=1)]http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Crimping-...d65&tpp=1) but it does not appear that the industry has a standard for identifying the die to be used for a certain connector - or is there?
I have two brands of ratcheting pliers (forehead slap) I use on COAX cable and would really like to avoid buying more, I'd like to get just the dies. Already found out that dies from one company will not always fit the other.
The other problem, looking at a connector, I really have no idea what die to use! Anyone have a clue?