Date   : Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:17:47 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: writing and reading on 3.5 floppy

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> Here's a question though - I've got one of those crimp tools now
> which is like a hand-held clamp and you assemble the ribbon and
> connector and put it in and squeeze the handles together.  I'm OK
> with crimping on female connectors but when I try the male ones
> they inevitably crack into pieces.  Am I doing it wrong?

My experience has been that the specialist hand tools for the job tend to 
actually be pretty useless - a decent bench vice is way better.

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