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I've been crimping D-sub pins with the wrong tool for YEARS and only found out when a new guy at the hangar asked why my crimps looked 'sad'.
He pulled out his own tool, a genuine PA-09 I'd never seen before, and showed me the perfect crimp in about 15 seconds, which made my whole collection of slightly-crooked connectors look completely amateur.
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the_james1mo ago
Oof, that's brutal. So you were basically just crushing the pin with pliers or something? What tool were you even using before, like a generic crimper not made for D-subs? I gotta know the full scope of the DIY method that lasted for years.
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ruby_rivera761mo ago
My old boss taught me to use needle-nose pliers on those pins back in 2005. It's the same kind of "good enough" fix you see with duct tape on a car bumper.
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the_margaret1mo ago
Wow, are we really acting like a crimp job is life or death?
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