MOTM

Hello all,

was wanting to jump in on last nights topic - very intersting indeed!
However, the 2 Tylenol PMs I took would make you very happy that I 
didn't even try...

I was wondering: What tool are we using to get the wires into the MTA 
connectors for power, etc ?  ...I'm pretty sure that the official 
tool is a gun-like thing, for what I see, around $250 - screw that - 
have spent way too much on 'one-of-a-kind' crimpers, already, that 
they always seem to rake you on!  simply unacceptable at 
this "impoverished juncture"

I've tried several of my own attempts at a tool -  only to mangle the 
little buggers and, or worse my fingers...aaahhhhh!

Any assist. would be greatly appreciated...

Rog

AMP part # 59804-1, DigiKey part number A9981-ND

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Rossen" <mididood@a...> wrote:
> I was wondering: What tool are we using to get the wires into the MTA 
> connectors for power, etc ?

I posted the following message several weeks ago....

I picked up a couple of tools for 
fixing wires into MTA connectors (Mouser part numbers):

1        571-598041            1        22.000    22.00  
          156 T HANDL MAINT TL
          AMP MTA .156' Connectors

1        571-598031            1        20.200    20.20  
          100 T HANDL MAINT TL
          AMP MTA .100' Connectors

These aren't the fancy ones with a trigger; these are the T-shaped 
ones that still require a vice to hold the connector and a bit of 
grunting to get the wire in place. I've found these tools to be much 
more reliable than the old pliers method, especially when building 20 
power cables. The results are consistent and perfect each time.