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#1 User is offline   Fairlightiii 

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 11:55

Hello.
For those who are looking for crimp tool, I found this one that seems to be like the one SmashTV sells.

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AUS $9.99
EUR €7,63
US $10.24
UK £6.54

Shipping included.
Regards.
Jérôme.

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 13:55

As it is an investment for life, you can also spend ca 10 bucks more and get one like this:
http://www.reichelt....844;PROVID=2402
very heavy quality and you can first insert the crimp plugs (it will lock the plug, you can put the tool down) and then insert the cable and press - with increased power as the handle is angled...

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 18:37

View PostHawkeye, on 02 January 2011 - 13:55, said:

As it is an investment for life, you can also spend ca 10 bucks more and get one like this:
http://www.reichelt....844;PROVID=2402
very heavy quality and you can first insert the crimp plugs (it will lock the plug, you can put the tool down) and then insert the cable and press - with increased power as the handle is angled...


Grmbl, i forgot to look at reichelt. So i bought the same one on ebay for about twice that. Well at least it's a pretty decent one.

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 20:30

Ironically, I bought the crimp tool on ebay yesterday even if I had ordered something else on Reichelt two days ago and wasn't sure whether it was worth buying it on Reichelt as well.
It's a shame I didn't know before...

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 04:55

Is there some way to shift that website into English mode? My German isn't good.
On a clear disc, you can seek forever...

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 07:00

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Posted 24 September 2011 - 16:00

i'm getting frustrated every time i see reichelt.. grrr :)

is there a model name for this? Us people in the u.s. can't get anything delivered from that store(well at least for me)

i bought a crimp tool, but the crimp dies are useless.

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Posted 24 September 2011 - 17:15

i got my crimp tool from smashTV, and i'm happy with it.
(and it's not expensive)

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Posted 25 September 2011 - 16:02

Hi,

I also bought the one from Reichelt. It is an excellent tool. I've got not enough money to buy cheap tools :-)

Cheers
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Posted 25 September 2011 - 22:18

Btw.: this was my best investment of the year (7 EUR)

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http://www.reichelt....4e011f269170227

It was never so easy to "crimp" IDS connectors as with this inexpensive tool!

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Posted 26 September 2011 - 08:56

View PostTK., on 25 September 2011 - 22:18, said:

It was never so easy to "crimp" IDS connectors as with this inexpensive tool!

I always take my pipe wrench (rohrzange), a small one with flat gripping surfaces (backen), not the heavy duty curvy one. It's adjustable in grip width, so it's actually pretty parallel when squeezing the IDC connector. Works surprisingly well..

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Posted 26 September 2011 - 11:04

Hi,

I usually use a rubber hammer to do the job, with so far, 100% success ratio :-). This is a very unconventional method, but I think these connectors are not so difficult to crimp... With my next Reichelt order, I will go for the other crimp tool as well, makes life easier.

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