19 Feb
2000
19 Feb
'00
4:47 a.m.
I make cables with ribbon and header types all the time with a vise - I have
a clamp on vise that has stiff poly covers on the jaws and lightly clamp the
connector/cable in place and then slowly close the vise down. It's very easy
and effective. The crimp tools made for header conection (IDC/IDS) are
essentially a hand worked vise.
Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote:
I have used a vice to crimp connectors but for
card-edge connectors I just
stand of the connector with just the heel of my boot and rock slightly.
It is hard to do that way with the header-type connectors without breaking
the locks off. You can use superglue if you do.... Caution with a vise.
I bent the handle on a friend's one time trying to crimp a scsi header
onto some rainbow-colored cable I have. This cable has a little bit more
insulation than is normal and it was hard to get throug. --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
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Asheville, NC 28803
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Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
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