Yeah crimping tools can be quite expensive... There is a long running, and still active, thread on the eevblog forum about affordable ones (mostly from AliExpre

Yeah crimping tools can be quite expensive... There is a long running, and still active, thread on the eevblog forum about affordable ones (mostly from AliExpress) you might find interesting: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/affordable-crimp-tools-for-small-connectors-(dupont-etc-)/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/affordable-crimp-tools...