[sdiy] Broken Crimper...

[harry]

Sorry... no words of wisdom... just condolances   ;^(

(them puppies are drastically expensive).

Maybe you can grind the rivets flush... then tap for screws when
you re-assemble ???

Have you considered checking with AMP for repair. (hah they will prlly
just tell you buy a new one)

Does Sargent Tools make a crimper that will fit that pin ?  They make a
good line for Molex, and they are about $150  (that's about 30% of the
AMP price afaik).

I got a Molex hand tool... no ratchet etc....  for about $13.  It will
crimp a
wide variety of AMP pins (maybe not so nice and easy, but OK for proto
work).  I KNOW you crimp a billion pins a year...but hey...embrace frequent

breaks and carpal-tunnel syndrome.

H^) harry (scratching at the keys with both claws...)

patchell wrote:

>      My Amp crimper just broke....<sob>...It is a model 90418-1.  It
> looks like I need to take the head apart.  I think there is a piece of
> metal jammed up there.  A crimp pin went in crooked, and after that, it
> has not worked properly.
>
>     I am going to take the head apart, but, if anybody has any words of
> wisdom on fixing one of these thing...let me know (hopefully you won't
> be too late).
>
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