HOWTO: Compression Connectors

Step 4 Crimpress!

Now you are ready to crimp the connector. This is pretty straight forward.

Optional Step 1:

Slide a washer onto the cable to make the crimp come out cleaner. Do this before you slide on the connector. This step is strongly recommended because without it, the crimp is VERY difficult to do. The only problem with this step is that you are left with a washer on your cable when you are finished.

Step 2:

Strip off 1/2 inch of the cable down to the solid copper core.

Step 3:

Remove 1/4 inches of the black cover and shield. Leave the white internal core intact.

Step 4:

Slide on the connector.

Step 5:

Put the cable into the jig. Refer to the picture for help with this. It is difficult to explain.

Step 6:

Tighten the vice!

You should have a nice crimp on the end of your cable. If you don't get it the first time, try again. It takes 1 or 2 to get it right.

Comments

[lonjim2]

Great tutorial. I love these connectors. I was doing something similar for quite some time, but got to the point where I couldn't do this everywhere in the house as my vice grips were mounted to the workbench. I hit up my local computer district here in Toronto and picked up a compression style Crimper for a mere $10 CAD.