Anyone know where to get this tool (cheaper)?

[DavidRavenMoon]

It's an HT-0095 crimping hand tool. This thing is obscenely expensive. 

I was hoping to find one from China or something...

It's for crimping Mini PV terminals onto wires that go in headers.

http://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine.aspx?Keyword=649-HT-95

[danielzink]

wow......that's the cheapest I've seen them !

I ordered two - ya know...one to keep as a spare........







gosh.....it looks like something they would sell to the military....like a 2000 dollar hammer.....



850 bucks ? gotta be a typo......


Dan

[DavidRavenMoon]

850 bucks ? gotta be a typo......

No, sadly not a typo.  And that is the cheapest I've seen them.

I could probably get one custom made for a fraction of the price!

It's crazy.

[Theox]

I don't know if this is even remotely related to what you are looking for.

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=39

Hobby Pin Crimp Tool: $17.00

It crimps this type of pin: 

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=158

It's sized for #20 to #28 wire.

[drewl]

WOW!
We have like dozens here at work......god I love my job....all the parts and tools needed all around me.
$800? We have a huge electro-mechanical one for crimping giant power cables that wasn't $800!

[DavidRavenMoon]

I don't know if this is even remotely related to what you are looking for.

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=39

Hobby Pin Crimp Tool: $17.00

It crimps this type of pin: 

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=158

It's sized for #20 to #28 wire.

The pins it's for are like the ones that come with EMG pickups... you know the connector on the bottom?  I'm using the same type of pin header on my pickups.  You have to crimp the pins onto the wire.  I have 5 pins in every connector.  It's a real pain, and I have to use small pliers and stuff.

I'll check into that connector, though I don't think it's the same type... but it might work.

WOW!
We have like dozens here at work......god I love my job....all the parts and tools needed all around me.
$800? We have a huge electro-mechanical one for crimping giant power cables that wasn't $800!

Want to, ummm, sell me one? 

[Ripthorn]

Have you looked at someplace like Mcmaster-Carr?  I don't know if they have exactly that, but they might.

[Theox]

I just looked at the EMG site and the connectors they show appear almost identical to these:

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=51

The $17 tool is made specifically for them.

[DavidRavenMoon]

Have you looked at someplace like Mcmaster-Carr?  I don't know if they have exactly that, but they might.

Yes, I tried them.  I love McMaster.... I order lot of stuff from them. If I order in the morning I usually get my oder the same day since they have a shipping center in NJ!

I just looked at the EMG site and the connectors they show appear almost identical to these:

http://www.radicalrc.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=2258396&cat=51

The $17 tool is made specifically for them.

Yes, these are the connectors!



I sure can't go wrong trying out a $17 tool!



Thanks... I'm going to order one and give it a shot. 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Thanks Theox!  I got the tool today, and it works like a dream!  And for $17 freakin' dollars!    

I made a 5 pin connector in the time it took me to do one pin with pliers!