<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">They do have a specific length. I solder them to other wires when needed. I find crimping pins to be too much of a hassle.<br><br>Decent crimpers are very expensive, very particular about the type and manufacturer of the pins, and are often awkward to use. If the crimper doesn't do a perfect job, your machine could miss steps intermittently and ruin the parts you're trying to make, It could take you ages to trace the problem to a poor pin connection. If you do decide to get a crimper, I'd suggest you get one that holds on to the pin while you're trying to crimp it.<br><br>
Guy<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 2/14/12, Darcy Whyte <i><darcy@siteware.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Darcy Whyte <darcy@siteware.com><br>Subject: Re: [Lab] using headers as connectors<br>To: "Micro" <micro222@yahoo.com><br>Cc: lab@artengine.ca<br>Received: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:46 PM<br><br><div id="yiv877217613">But they have specific length right? <div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div>The last connectors I made were for a 25' four conductor wire. I think I need a way of using any length of wire... <div><br></div><div>
I think I need get some sort of crimper thing and some connectors from 2-8 conductor and give it a try.<br>
<br><br><div class="yiv877217613gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Micro <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:micro222@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=micro222@yahoo.com">micro222@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv877217613gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="yiv877217613im">I use pre-crimped wires from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pololu.com">pololu.com</a><br>
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</div>You could take wire #1850(black m-f), cut it in half, and insert the pins into housing #1902. They have a full assortment of colors. I keep a full set of them so I can make cables as I need them.<br>
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--- On Sat, 2/11/12, Darcy Whyte <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=darcy@siteware.com">darcy@siteware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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They work great but sometimes the clips pull out of the back of the female side. Any ideas?<br>
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