Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

phoenixcomm — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:01:18 GMT

[mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] yes I use a similar technique. I just take a male-female jumper and cut off the female end, strip it back, tin the wire, then insert into the DB25 pins, add a little heat, cool and then crimp with my most hated tool [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d80d9e50-de09-40b4-85e5-7fa3ac145256/contentimage_5F00_3890.png:16:16] of all time AMPs long handle crimp tool [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d80d9e50-de09-40b4-85e5-7fa3ac145256/contentimage_5F00_3890.png:16:16], cover pin with heat shrink, then put a little heat on it FINS. you need o solder because its almost impossible to hold the wire, hold the pin in the head, and then bring the handles together with your third hand!

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

cstanton — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:22:14 GMT

Crimping tools are one of those items that I always find that I need, but can never justify the cost, as I get by with swearing at a pair of pliers instead [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d80d9e50-de09-40b4-85e5-7fa3ac145256/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

neilk — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:19:41 GMT

Thanks for that, Shabaz. It's answered some of the questions raised when this topic was covered in at least one other thread!

Your eyesight may not be that good - you said it - but your manual dexterity with a pin and a crimper are second top none!

I have had a cable with a broken crimp on iot sitting by my PC monitor for some months............I am inspired to repair it!!

Neil

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

phoenixcomm — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:21:02 GMT

[mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] I use a ton of rs232 connectors I personly HATE the damn AMP tool. You need to be an octopus to use it.

One hand holding the pin in the jaw.
The other hand holding the wire in the pin.
The other hand operating the squeezers.
The other hand is praying that the crimp will work!

The best crimper under the sun made by a mortal (DMC) but the pin or part you crimp is a sold body. (tube) and the crimper has 4 arms that make a perfect crimp every time!

BTW this is the $350 job. you also need an adapter which goes in the hole (silver) and that an there is another 75 bucks!

you might get on eBay, etc.

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

shabaz — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:04:08 GMT

I've added a follow-up video, covering these areas:

1: Wire strip length

2: How to insert to the correct depth, and

3: Impact due to differences in wire and insulation thickness and suggestions on how to deal with it.

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx1LfePkOJc:740:466]

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

Andrew J — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:44:31 GMT

I have the Multicomp following a previous recommendation from yourself Shabaz, and whilst I have nothing else to compare it against as I’ve never used one before, it works well for me. Like you, I found getting the depth right is critical to a good crimp so it will be interesting to see your alternative technique. I’ve used mine on the pins you mention above as well as Molex KK crimps and it works well for those as well.

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

hlipka — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:40:31 GMT

For Christmas I got the Engineer PAD-11 crimp tool. Its the bigger brother of the PA-09, and supports a wider range of crimping sizes. While its more tedious to use than a specific crimping tools (such as the AMP one or the HT-225D), it supports a really wide range of connectors. And its of a higher quality than the HT-225D I guess - when re-wiring my 3D printer last year the ratcheting mechanism of my HT-225D broke which makes it awkward to use. (my 3D printer uses 3 different connector types on its controller board, and to make everything easily serviceable on the printer itself I needed 2 additional types on the printer. Needing only one tool for all of them saves quite some money, even when it takes more time to crimp them all. But when I would need to crimp a larger number of connectors, I surely would buy the correct tool.

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

colporteur — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:40:07 GMT

It seems every time I use the HT-225D I string together combinations of swear words. I thought it was just me. Crimp failing to grab the insulation is the biggest. I'm reading between the line of your commentary and accept my sins while using the tools.

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

fmilburn — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:55:03 GMT

Hi Shabaz,

A useful post and the video makes the process for getting a good crimp very clear. Thanks for the Farnell links on the sockets and pins - I forget where I bought the ones I had that worked well and the Ebay specials are difficult to use with my HT-225D.

Frank

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three-phase — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:01:49 GMT

Interesting post. A few weeks back, I purchased a Dupont / JST crimp terminal kit from Amazon made by Preciva. Seems very similar to the Multicomp tool in your post. The quality of the crimp compression looks to be about the same, but I am impressed with the crimp compression from the Amp tool, that looks much better and stronger.

Kind regards

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genebren — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:44:47 GMT

Great blog shabaz. I recently pickup up a tool similar to the Multicomp HT-225D tool you used and so far I love it. In the past I had older tool (a lot like the Engineer PA-09) that did a poor job on these connectors (the crimp surfaces were very soft metal and they flatten out after a few crimps). A good tool is a big part of a good crimp, but using the correct technique is so important.

Thanks for sharing!

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Jan Cumps — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:33:35 GMT

crimped a million of those when I worked at a truck factory.

RE: Making 0.1" Jumper Cables - Crimp Tools Tested

luislabmo — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:54:49 GMT

Hi Shabaz, nice post!. I've been looking for a long time at "DuPont" equivalent male pins on Newark without any luck until you posted this.

In case anyone is wondering, here are the Connector Housings. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it for 1 position.

Luis

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DAB — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:42:17 GMT

Good post.

DAB