Crimpers
- From: Tim Wescott <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:03:38 -0700
I just got a bunch of Molex crimp contacts, PN 50212-8100. These are for a relatively small 2mm-pitch housing. The Molex web site is very confused about what crimper I need for this -- I either need a $200 (or maybe $500) hand crimper, or a $1000 bench-top crimper, maybe.
I have a generic $30 crimper that I bought at Fry's or Rat-Shack. Its only identifying mark is "TAIWAN". I was able to modify it by thinning out its jaws, and with care I can make pretty good crimps -- but its way too slow for production, and I wouldn't trust it in anyone's hands but my own and some really good technicians I know.
So, where does one get crimpers for this sort of thing? Am I stuck with whatever I can get from Molex? Are there other solutions out there, waiting to be found? It seems that production-quality hand crimpers go for at least $200, so I'm willing (grudgingly) to shell out that much. Are there third party vendors of this sort of thing?
Finally, where do I find a knowledgeable, honest sales guy who can sell me something that works right?
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