How to: Crimp Trifurcon pins for Molex connectors

[LyonsArcade]

Well, now I know why my crimps never work right. It's because Dokert says my crimpers are a piece of shit I'm going to order those barrell ones, thanks Dokert.

 

[JDGJr]

Glad I bookmarked this one and finally watched it. Tool has been ordered.

thanks! Dokert

Are there any good soldering tutorial videos on here? I know how to solder for stained glass, but i am missing some nuance on getting a pretty result soldering caps.

 

[ieure]

Awesome, just dug this up and it answered all my questions. I went with these ratcheting crimpers. At $23 & free shipping, they were slightly cheaper than the Platinum Tools crimpers, and they seem to be very well-built.

 

[Thomas]

http://www.amazon.com/Irwin-2078305...&qid=1348217142&sr=8-1&keywords=Irwin+2078305

I had to buy something else for the free shipping. So I got a real nice pair of strippers. They look like the old time ones that riptor gave me a while back. Man were they nice & thanks for the link to the crimper. They will look very nice next to my platinum set.

 

[ieure]

Awesome strippers. That's going to have to be one of my next tool purchases.

 

[Tighe]

Thanks for this thread and video Dokert! It deserves to be bumped!

 

[local413]

Every pinball owner should have or know how to use one of these tools. I have lost count on how many system 11 (Williams) pins I've had to replace GI connectors and header pins.. Prolly one of the most important tools I own.

Bought mine from GPE, its cheap and works great!

 

[SterlingRush]

I greatly enjoyed this thread, over my 3 years of getting into this hobby, I've come up with my own ways for crimping connectors with whatever tool(s) I had on hand. It's worked, but been such a pain. I'll have to look into these other options and possibly rethink my approach to crimping.

Thanks everyone for their input.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

Just bought a pair of the 16801 crimpers. I've got a load of pins, but never had the right crimpers, so this will close out my tool gap.

For splices, spade lugs, butt splices, etc, I use an AMP T-Head ratcheting crimper. The non-return feature makes sure you put the right force into the connection, and you get a perfect crimp every time.

The only downside is you have to use AMP's PIDG terminals, which are expensive as all heck. These products are used in aviation and nuclear power.