scroungers -- a new chalenge

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat Feb 19 12:47:14 2000

I make cables with ribbon and header types all the time with a vise - I have
a clamp on vise that has stiff poly covers on the jaws and lightly clamp the
connector/cable in place and then slowly close the vise down. It's very easy
and effective. The crimp tools made for header conection (IDC/IDS) are
essentially a hand worked vise.

Technoid_at_cheta.net wrote:

> I have used a vice to crimp connectors but for card-edge connectors I just
> stand of the connector with just the heel of my boot and rock slightly.
> It is hard to do that way with the header-type connectors without breaking
> the locks off. You can use superglue if you do.... Caution with a vise.
> I bent the handle on a friend's one time trying to crimp a scsi header
> onto some rainbow-colored cable I have. This cable has a little bit more
> insulation than is normal and it was hard to get throug. --
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