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• amelius 6y ago
  You can buy cheap crimping pliers on banggood, but check the reviews first (e.g. youtube).
  • sigstoat 6y ago
    hmm, i thought you were implying that i was using pliers to crimp them, instead of actual crimpers. (which would've made you a jerk, which is why i didn't elaborate much further.) instead it looks like you call them "crimping pliers" instead of "crimpers" (or perhaps "crimping tool") like most american english speakers. fair enough. looking very quickly at some youtube videos, i appear to have something similar to the cheap ratcheting chinese crimpers, not the (apparently) popular and non-ratcheting japanese crimpers. i'll pick up the different tool and see how it goes. ...i've still got hundreds yet to go, so it'll have plenty of time to pay for itself.
  • bonzini 6y ago
    Those crimping tools are usually good enough for male pins, but they make a mess out of female pins. They just don't come out square enough.
    • sschueller 6y ago
      You have to be careful not to damage the square part when crimping. Some have a little tab that give a guide how far you can push it in to the tool without damaging it.