[sdiy] Connectors

[Adam Schabtach]

> Take a look at Amp (Tyco) receptacles and crimp-n-poke terminals.
> 
> Good crimp tools can get expensive. If you are only doing a 
> few try a low cost tool like an Amp Champ. Needle-nose pliers 
> and a small amount of solder can work as well.

I'd love it if someone could point me in the direction of a specific part
series and a specific low-cost crimp tool. I tried using some needle-nose
pliers and solder to assemble what I think were Amp crimp-n-poke terminals,
although I'm quite sure that that wasn't their official name. :-) I found
that it was difficult to crimp them adequately with pliers, and that if I
soldered them they didn't latch well into the housing because the solder
would fill the teeny holes in the terminal. It was a sufficiently
frustrating experience that I gave up, and I like to think I'm reasonably
skilled with a soldering iron. 

Scott's right that a buck a wire is not an attractive price, but for the
price of the crimp tools I've seen you could buy well over 100 wires! This
seems kind of silly. I don't need an industrial-grade tool if I'm only going
to crimp a couple dozen connectors with it.

--Adam