Help !! crimping tool suggestion

[Kiriakos-GR]

I have get many of those plugs , picture below , and I need to find if there is any special crimping tool,
for this design of plugs ..

Its an Mini-Din  6 pin ( PS/2) 

I am aware of 10 deferent ways to do the fixing, but I need to know if there is any special tool for those.

( I need to do one extension for the flash unit of my digital camera ) And because the cables looks very delicate , I need the " best ever " solution for the job. 

 

[TheDirty]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but those look like those connectors that you solder wires directly into.  Like what you get on some of those DB9 connectors.

[kc1980]

Yes, those are solder cups.  Crimped contacts are almost always crimped first, then inserted in the connector body (which implies a retention clip of some sort).  If you think about it, it would be very difficult to get a crimp tool to to fit between the tightly spaced contacts.

[Simon]

Yes, those are solder cups.  Crimped contacts are almost always crimped first, then inserted in the connector body (which implies a retention clip of some sort).  If you think about it, it would be very difficult to get a crimp tool to to fit between the tightly spaced contacts.

correct, we use plugs at work that have the terminals crimped, they are then put into the plug and clip into place and then a final wedge lock is inserted to fuly lock all pins

[Kiriakos-GR]

Hmm it could be my fault , well I need info of how to lock correctly the end clip on the cable , check the picture.

I probably need a tool that will do a perfect tight cycle , with out to compress it by an awkward manner.

If the tool does not called as crimping one , the it is called as an " Press " one ?

[kc1980]

Oh boy.  My mistake.  You're talking about the metal piece that's used for strain relief.  It looks like it would be applied with some sort of open barrel crimp tool.  Sorry, I can't help you there.  I'm curious to find out how it is supposed to be applied, though.

[Kiriakos-GR]

Well what ever it is as a tool , it must have fixed hole sizes .

For example this plug it could take an 0.5cm max diameter cable .
And this diameter looks fixed for mini-din.

The larger Din plugs, takes also an specific max of diameter cable ..

So the one thought brings the other ... and we are looking for a tool , that possibly exclusively used to do the fixing of the strain relief clip , at the Mini-Din & Din plugs !! 

 

[Kiriakos-GR]

Well I seriously thinking to build ( Yes build - make ) my own tool .

The Mini-Din strain relief clip its wide as 3.5mm , so the tool for it it must be as 4.0mm wide .

The Classic Din strain relief clip its wide as 5.5mm , so the tool for it it must be as 6.0mm wide.

So the "Mini-Din & Din" tool must be as 6mm wide,
with two holes (two sizes)  with the diameter of :
5.0 - 5.5 mm for Din
4.0 - 4.5mm for the Mini Din
(By having in mind that in both cases, the max diameter of cable will be used)



@shafri   Thanks , you are a Pal    (edited)

[dengorius]

@shafri  Thanks , you are a Pall 

A "pall" is actually a funeral cloth. Did you mean a pal maybe? 

[Kiriakos-GR]

Did you mean a pal maybe? 

Thanks friend    , but you took the job of @Simon , about correcting me. 

Thanks mate..

[Simon]

Did you mean a pal maybe? 

Thanks friend    , but you took the job of @Simon , about correcting me. 

Thanks mate..

Well you seem to get into deep waters very fast over a misunderstanding, as a bilingual person I sat on and english staffed plane and watched a situation unfold that led to a riot and a person being chucked off the plane simply because of the language barrier between the English staff and Italian passengers and the difference in mentality/culture (the result being that instead of 2 hours late we were 4 hours late !). In this instance the Italains were at fault thinking that there wish was to come first over the staffs duty to assist another plane in technical difficulty and that they were imune to the governance of the english staff on an englush plane which although in an Italian airport is still "british territory"

[Kiriakos-GR]

Well you seem to get into deep waters very fast over a misunderstanding

There is no such scenario , I had born with a smile in my face,
and I am not going to lose it at 41 .
What ever I say are mostly based on good will and humoorr ..  
Some people love it , some just hate it.

The point is that I am unable to pretend that I am supporter of the " serious look "  that some people think as respected appearance of a person.  

If you do not qualify to be teased, let me know about it ..  

[Simon]

I'm teased daily, its just a fact of life for me. however i hate misunderstandings

[Kiriakos-GR]

Ok lets go back to the topic ..

So, no one ever seen a tool specialized for this task ..

Thats strange , or I am the only one who was knocked by the horse foot on the head ..  

Ok here is the idea No1 ... I will just drill it at the specific diameter .. for its Din type,
the only problem are that I have to find another one like this for my tests,
I think that I have an second one like this,  somewhere in my boxes.