Fairlightiii Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 Hello. For those who are looking for crimp tool, I found this one that seems to be like the one SmashTV sells. AUS $9.99 EUR €7,63 US $10.24 UK £6.54 Shipping included. Regards. Jérôme. Quote
Hawkeye Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 As it is an investment for life, you can also spend ca 10 bucks more and get one like this: http://www.reichelt.de/?ACTION=3;ARTICLE=6844;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... Quote
Shuriken Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 As it is an investment for life, you can also spend ca 10 bucks more and get one like this: http://www.reichelt.de/?ACTION=3;ARTICLE=6844;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. Quote
Fairlightiii Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Posted January 2, 2011 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... Quote
Davo Posted January 3, 2011 Report Posted January 3, 2011 Is there some way to shift that website into English mode? My German isn't good. Quote
moonk Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 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. thanks. Quote
rosch Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 i got my crimp tool from smashTV, and i'm happy with it. (and it's not expensive) Quote
orange_hand Posted September 25, 2011 Report Posted September 25, 2011 Hi, I also bought the one from Reichelt. It is an excellent tool. I've got not enough money to buy cheap tools :-) Cheers orange Quote
TK. Posted September 25, 2011 Report Posted September 25, 2011 Btw.: this was my best investment of the year (7 EUR) http://www.reichelt.de/Crimpzangen/MWZ-214/index.html?;ACTION=3;LA=444;GROUP=D325;GROUPID=572;ARTICLE=13300;START=0;SORT=artnr;OFFSET=16;SID=11TVLbZ38AAAIAAG9MIgIec1e46ae3eb4fc2fe4e011f269170227 It was never so easy to "crimp" IDS connectors as with this inexpensive tool! Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote
bilderbuchi Posted September 26, 2011 Report Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) 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.. Edited September 26, 2011 by bilderbuchi Quote
orange_hand Posted September 26, 2011 Report Posted September 26, 2011 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. Cheers orange Quote
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