19 Feb
2000
19 Feb
'00
5:47 a.m.
The Jameco catalog has an IDC crimping tool listed for $11.95 each.
http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=73251
They also sell a IDC bench press for $164.95
-Lawrence LeMay
Dick,
Where do you buy such a wonder? I worked on some of the first 8085
computers in the mid 70s and we bought a press that was made for putting on
ICD connectors and I remember that it cost about $450! Personally, I use a
vice and have no trouble with it.
Joe
At 08:49 PM 2/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>There's a tool made specifically for attaching ICD connectors that costs
>only $15-16. That's quite a bit less than what the fixe-grips cost.
>They're a parallel-jawed arrangement made of cleverly formed black sheet
>metal with a yellow plastic seat that fits in the jaws, hinged at the end,
>like a nutcracker, and which works MUCH better, faster, and more easily
than
>>a vise, plier, even a parallel-jawed pair, as they're usually too small.
>>That seat is almost perfect, but it has a relief for the index tab in the
>>middle of the odd-numbered side of most IDC connectors, but it won't take
>>the ones with two such tabs. I've never seen one of these blister-packed
>>wonders cost more than $19.95, and bought mine for $15 or so.
>>
>>Dick