Outerworld
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I am having a problem crimping the wire portion of some .093" Molex crimp terminals.
I'm using a GC/Waldom W-HT1919 which requires three crimps (2 for the insulation and 1 for the wire) or an unmarked crimp tool I bought years ago which crimps the insulation in one crimp, but is too wide to crimp the wire portion of the terminal. I am working with 02-09-2118 and 02-09-1119 pins.
Crimping the insulation goes ok with either tool with the pin held upright. When using the Waldom tool I am using section A for the insulation. After moving to section B to crimp to wire, the pin can't be held upright- it wants to spin left or right in the tool. On Bob Robert's site I watched a video where it kind of looks like the pin is crimped twice in this section, once on each side with the pin held at a plus or minus 45 degree angle from upright, folding each side into the wire.
Whatever I try doesn't seem to work - lighter pressure doesn't work well and stronger pressure also doesn't work and also "bananas" the pin so it won't fit in the connector. Either way, most of the time the pin ends up pushing all the way through the plastic housing when inserted. This only happens after attempting to crimp the wire portion- If I only crimp the insulation the pin inserts and stops in the connector correctly.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
I'm using a GC/Waldom W-HT1919 which requires three crimps (2 for the insulation and 1 for the wire) or an unmarked crimp tool I bought years ago which crimps the insulation in one crimp, but is too wide to crimp the wire portion of the terminal. I am working with 02-09-2118 and 02-09-1119 pins.
Crimping the insulation goes ok with either tool with the pin held upright. When using the Waldom tool I am using section A for the insulation. After moving to section B to crimp to wire, the pin can't be held upright- it wants to spin left or right in the tool. On Bob Robert's site I watched a video where it kind of looks like the pin is crimped twice in this section, once on each side with the pin held at a plus or minus 45 degree angle from upright, folding each side into the wire.
Whatever I try doesn't seem to work - lighter pressure doesn't work well and stronger pressure also doesn't work and also "bananas" the pin so it won't fit in the connector. Either way, most of the time the pin ends up pushing all the way through the plastic housing when inserted. This only happens after attempting to crimp the wire portion- If I only crimp the insulation the pin inserts and stops in the connector correctly.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!



