Where can I find this crimp tool?

Mike Harrison said the following on 21/08/2006 19:22:

connector housing pins as

lengths,, but can't

cost about a tenner

in a pile of tools I

The Swedish company is Pressmaster and they make crimp tools for many OEMs.

bizarrely describe it as being for co-ax).

What the OP wants is for uninsulated, or "post-crimp insulated" terminals. You should find this at RS, but Vehicle Wiring Products are probably the cheapest and all-round best.

Make sure you get one with a ratchet, not the simple pressed-sheet sort like the original picture.

Mine came from here:

And ones that are smaller than the typical automotive ones. I'm talking crimps that end up about

For automotive crimps I'd 100% agree that pressed-sheet tools are useless, but for the small stuff I'm using I don't need the force of a ratchet, and need to control crimp pressure for different terminal types so actively don't want one.

connector housing pins as

lengths,, but can't

cost about a tenner

in a pile of tools I

Their stuff looks way too high-end. This is a definitely a cheapo tool...

Might have what you need.

I lashed out on their PR3 Ripaults crimper for car stuff and it's truly brilliant - but no ratchet. It's purely a sprung loaded cantilever design.

Farnells part number 1217239 ???

Have a look in maplins for a PC Connector crimp tool

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:22:40 GMT,it is alleged that Mike Harrison spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:

connector housing pins as

lengths,, but can't

cost about a tenner

a pile of tools I

Not the one from Sweden, but I have one of these from Amp Inc:

Does down to the small spade tags used on trimphones (crimp ends up about 3/4 of a mm dia.)

HTH

for the small stuff

pressure for different

Hi,

This'll do 0.1" and 0.156" by the look of it:

cheers, Pete.

connector housing pins as

lengths,, but can't

cost about a tenner

in a pile of tools I

I get crimp tools and cable accessories in general from

Hope this helps.