I Give Up! Correct IDC Tool for Molex Connectors

[ed_reardon]

Hello all,

Getting nowhere fast here, which is the correct tool for these small IDC type connectors?

I have a basic IDC tool for making the more conventional 2-Row (EIDE) type, but naff all in the tool chest for this one.



Details here! http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/idc-connectors/6827104/?searchTerm=6827104&relevancy-data=636F3D3126696E3D4931384E525353746F636B4E756D6265724D504E266C753D656E266D6D3D6D61746368616C6C26706D3D5E5C647B367D247C5E5C647B377D247C5E5C647B31307D2426706F3D313426736E3D592673743D52535F53544F434B5F4E554D4245522677633D4E4F4E45267573743D36383237313034267374613D3638323731303426

Call me a numpty, I'll take it!
Cheers,
Ed

[darrellg]

According to Digikey, this is the correct tool:
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/downlights-display-lighting/1295079/?sra=pmpn

[ed_reardon]

How much!

Typical RS!

Cheers Darrelg that's very kind of you to take the time to help numpty here!

[darrellg]

That's the price pretty much anywhere. If you have a Dremel with a cutoff bit, you can make one fairly easily. Attached is a picture of one I made about 20 years ago from a piece of plated brass. I think it was a coin return plunger from a slot machine coin slot.

[rdl]

Can't you get that type of connector in a snap together version? I'm almost certain I bought and used some like that years ago. Of course, they may not have been an exact match.