[BC] Soldering D-sub Pins

[Jerry Mathis]

This thread is fascinating. I've learned a lot about the how and why of
these connectors and techniques.

I prefer the machined crimp contacts. Even had a special tool (not the $500
one!) to crimp them. But I gave up using them because of their price and
availability. Minimum price I could find on them was about 25 cents per
contact. And even finding them was difficult. The best source I found was a
place called Altex Electronics.

Anyone have a good source for the machined crimp contacts?

Jerry Mathis


On 4/11/08, Gregory Muir <gmuir at cherrycreekradio.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] Soldering D-sub Pins
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> > On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Gregory Muir wrote:
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> > As for the solderless crimp termination, it has been commonly known
> > >  that AMP was the frontrunner in this technique since the early
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> AMP production tooling was some of the finest available.
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> I'm very much in agreement.  It was (and still is) some of the finest...
> if you can afford it.
> I have in my tool box a simple AMP ratcheting crimp tool which I picked up
> in 1976 for around $40.00.  I see AMP still sells it today but for $500+.
> This "cost of living" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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> Greg
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