Crimpers

I would buy the Molex tools. Crimping is a process which has tight tolerances. A bad crimping tool may result in wiring errors in the field. Make sure the tool has a ratchet mechanism which enforces the proper crimping force.

I would buy the Molex tools if I felt that I could trust their web site to point me at the right one.

I'd look around at various tool vendors; just say you're looking for a crimper for molex pin #blahblahblah.

And if you're talking serious production, the benchtop can be worth it because it's like 100x faster than hand-crimping.

Good Luck! Rich

For serious production we'll farm it out to a cable company -- this is just so we can do quality prototypes and correct for production glitches.

Of course there may not be only one that does the job!

I've done Molex pins and others with about a $6.00 crimper, but it does take a bit of finesse to get a good crimp; as you said, the person doing the crimping has to know WTF he's doing.

And for a prototype it might be worth it - you can ensure a reliable crimp by crimping carefully, then give the pin a strong tug - if it stays attached, you're OK for the life of a prototype. :-)

Cheers! Rich

Theres a outlet in Florida, that has quality crimpers at reasonable prices. But I have forgotten the name. Try this one...

Interesting find...

Cheers

We use the Molex universal hand crimper (non-ratcheting) for small production work, on the small MiniFit Jr. pins and the bigger old-style ones. Molex part number is 638111000, at Mouser for $49 each. I recently found

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Action Electronics might be able to help

A website is the result of a work from some marketing-website-people and has little to do with the technology and products to be sold. Why not give them a call or send them an email ?

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Well, those Molex links didn't work out as expected. Best to go to

I'm going to be getting in touch with my local Molex rep -- I was checking here to see if there are alternatives to a companies own crimpers.

And while many websites have little to do with what's being sold, a _good_ web site will give you in-depth knowledge so you don't have to pester a sales engineer with stupid questions -- or so that you're not at the mercy of a dippy sales engineer.

Mouser has them in stock for 196.00.

I did not find any link to a production grade tool. My guess is that is the producion grade tool is the most expensive. Please note that the jaws have finite life and need to be monitored with the "go no-go" tool.

In that case i recommend the mid price device. It will produce quality crimps without bending the price too much.