first off : AAARGH L#$%^&#@$%.
Now that is out of the way , does anyone know of good crimping tools for those little loose wire connectors like used by dupont , molex, jst and others ?
And with good crimping tool i mean : something where you don't need 3 hands ( one of turning counterclockwise) , stand on your left foot , tongue at the right angle , three glasses on and then still hold the wire with your right foot trying to squeeze the crimping tool.
Those pins drive me nuts. Everytime it is a fumble to cut the pin off the strip , get it in the tool , strip the wire end , twist that, put that in , pick up the pin again , put it in , now drop the wire , have one strand stick out , drop the pin again ... aaaargh . then crimp and find out you crunched half the contact as the pin slipped.... you'd think the handtools would have a nice cradle that can grip the pin and keep it at the right distance ... something lie a replaceable cartridge that has a single male pin at the right offset. you push the female on the male pin : now it can't fall out anymore and it is set at the right distance. hold wire in. crimp .pull on wire to remove freshly crimped contact.. repeat.
out of pure misery i solder the wires in first , then cut the pins off the strip , then crimp the ends so they fit in the connector body. but that defeats the purpose of a crimped contact.
are there any reasonably priced ( up to 100$ ) tools that accept the pins on strip where you just put in the wire and squeeze. i can buy the pins on strip just like they are fed in the production machines.
dealing with the loose pins is just a frigging nightmare ( especially the 1.27mm and 2mm JST ones .. )
i have to do a few hundred ( 400 to 500 ) pins and outsourcing is not the goal. i want an in-garage solution ...
anyone ? anyone ? bueller ?