Re: pins, cables

Peter Bennett <peterbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Since crimp tools are fairly expensive, and often unique to each
contact style, I'd suggest that for most home/hobby applications, you
should use solderable connectors, unless you expect to make a large
number of cables using the same connector family.

Thanks for this advice. I do have a soldering iron.

In your other message, you indicated that, unofficially, one can sometimes
use the wrong crimping tool. As an experiment, I'll see what I can
accomplish with pliers.
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Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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