[BC] Soldering D-sub Pins

[Tom]

Jerry -

did you ever try using one of those neat little things available from 
Radio Shack and other places that can hold the connector and the wire?  
A couple of alligator clips attached to an arm via ball pivots with 
thumbscrews.  Usually works pretty good for me - if I'm not rushed; in 
which case I tend to fall back on the 
grasp-the-connector-between-the-pinkie-and-the-ring-finger-with-the-solder-in-the-mouth 
trick.  <G>

I wonder if that's why most engineers have warped senses of humor?  All 
the lead they've ingested and inhaled over the years.....

Jerry Mathis wrote:
> On 4/11/08, Gregory Muir <gmuir at cherrycreekradio.com> wrote:
>   
>> This is a good point.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> I personally like soldering over crimping.  The solder-style contacts in
>>     
>> many D connectors are usually of solid construction and are turned out on a
>> screw machine from bar stock as compared to the hollow rolled sheet metal
>> crimp styles.  It sometimes makes a difference when mating connectors and
>> you have discovered that one of the crimp styles has mis-mated and bent over
>> due to the added weakness of the hollow contact.
>>
>> Greg Muir
>>     
>
>
>
> I MUCH prefer crimping over solder. It takes a least 4 hands to do a proper
> D-sub solder connection. 
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Tom Spencer
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