23 Feb
2008
23 Feb
'08
5:14 p.m.
From: jdbryan at acm.org
snip
I'll second that. With an arbor press and mandrels designed for to receive
the connector halves, it goes together easily. If you have to use Vise-
Grips, it's quite difficult. A bench vise with smooth jaw faces is a bit
better if you do things slowly and carefully and ensure that the parts and
the cable line up correctly as you squeeze them together. It takes quite a
bit of force to punch through 50 conductors simultaneously.
-- Dave
Hi
It can be done with visegrips but you need to support the entire length
of the connector. Two Iron flat stocks should work.
I like to us a bench vise with a couple pieces of flat stock if I
don't have smooth jaws on the vise.
Dwight
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