[Lab] using headers as connectors

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This is true, crimpers especially good ones are prohibitively expensive.
Some of the ones with interchangeable dies cost over 1k each.

I've found needle nose pliers and solder makes for great connections.  As
long as you're not doing too many of them at once this technique works well.

On 14 February 2012 20:22, Micro <micro222 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Guy
>
> --- On *Tue, 2/14/12, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lab] using headers as connectors
> To: "Micro" <micro222 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: lab at artengine.ca
> Received: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:46 PM
>
>
> But they have specific length right?
>
> The last connectors I made were for a 25' four conductor wire. I think I
> need a way of using any length of wire...
>
> I think I need get some sort of crimper thing and some connectors from 2-8
> conductor and give it a try.
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Micro <micro222 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=micro222@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> I use pre-crimped wires from pololu.com
>
> 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.
>
> Guy
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 2/11/12, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com<http://mc/compose?to=darcy@siteware.com>>
> wrote:
>
> They work great but sometimes the clips pull out of the back of the female
> side. Any ideas?
>
> http://mambohead.com/2012/02/thought-about-wire-connectors/
>
>
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