On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:54:07 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

The crimp connectors are a PITA!
I've had to do some specials in the past and blanched at the cost of
purchased tooling. Sometimes you get lucky and can solder the wires to
connectors. Tin the wire, put a dash of solder paste in the connector and
reflow.

Anybody know if generic tooling is available?

The Aven Tools 10140 (Digikey AV4999-ND but most of the other usual
places) works pretty well for a non-ratchet crimper on these small guys.
Not for quantity production runs but it does a sweet job for
prototyping.

I'd love to find a set of dies that fit, say, the inexpensive Eclipse
ratchet frame but until then, this'll do...

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA