Appreciation post: The day I figured out I had been crimping pins wrong for 12 years

I was working on a connector for a Garmin G1000 harness last month, and a senior tech walked by and watched me for a second. He just pointed at my hand and said "you're using the wrong die position on that crimper." I had been using the middle slot for D-sub pins for over a decade. Turns out the outer slot gives a proper gas-tight crimp every time. I always wondered why some of my pins would pull out with a light tug. The guy showed me the difference under a magnifying glass and it was night and day. Has anyone else found out they were doing some basic thing wrong for way too long after thinking they had it down?

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faithf7710d ago

12 years of bad crimps, oof, feel that pain lmao.

emma_burns9610d ago

Is it really that deep though? Like yeah they're bad but you can always just adjust your style a bit.