Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Dirk.B
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Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Hello

(Translated with deepl because my English is terrible)
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Some time ago I bought a crimping tool for Dupont connectors. Connecting the plugs to the cable turned out to be much harder than I thought! Since I do not have three hands to hold the cable, plug and pliers, I have drawn a pliers shoe in Freecad and 3D printed.

Procedure:
Body 1
Pliers and insert scanned.
Images scaled via Image WB.
Insert redrawn.
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Body 2
Binder created from insert
Insert constructed
Mesh created
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3D print created

Pictures 3 D print will follow soon

Gruß Dirk
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Hello

Pliers with shoe
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Inserting the plug with cable





Use of pliers
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Gruß Dirk
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Aah, now I see what it is good for; more predictable where it will finally be crimped. Nice idea.
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Hi

very good idea why don't you patent

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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Isn't the last part of the metal crimp connector supposed to crimp on the insulation?
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Hallo Freedmann

Yes, of course you are right! Also the strands of the cable must not protrude as far as on the photo.it was just a bit difficult to hold the camera and the cable at the same time.

This is how it would be right

https://www.te.com/deu-de/videos/transp ... mping.html
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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I have used that kind of tool many times and you are so right about needing three hands. The mfg. tried to improve the tools with a spring clip to hold the contact but that just gets in the way so you can't see what your doing. That's a good idea. I wonder if a jog in the track would make a difference in how well the wire is held with different insulation thickness for instance.
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Re: Tool for Crimping Pliers Dupont

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Dirk.B wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:18 am This is how it would be right
The video shows the trick, how it should be done without Dirk's helper, but it needs crimping pliers with a decent ratching mechanism, so that the clip can be slightly grabbed before inserting the wire.
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