CNC 6040 Controller Board Upgrades

[Neale]

They are a great way to avoid those odd strands which short out on their neighbours, and I found that they made wiring into terminals in confined spaces much easier. I bought a cheap Chinese crimping tool off eBay but without realising, ended up with a 6-jaw tool. I believe that quite a lot of them have 4 jaws which doesn't feel as if it would give as good a crimp. Anyway, a great thing to have discovered - and I found it thanks to this forum as well!

[Kitwn]

They are a great way to avoid those odd strands which short out on their neighbours, and I found that they made wiring into terminals in confined spaces much easier. I bought a cheap Chinese crimping tool off eBay but without realising, ended up with a 6-jaw tool. I believe that quite a lot of them have 4 jaws which doesn't feel as if it would give as good a crimp. Anyway, a great thing to have discovered - and I found it thanks to this forum as well!

It's a design I'm surprised I haven't come across before (unless senility is setting in sooner than I'd expected) but as soon as I saw Dean's photograph it was obvious that all such wiring should use that kind of insulated ferrule to prevent adjacent shorts as you say.

Apologies to Pete1977 for hijacking your thread.

Kit

[Clive S]

The very small ferrules are the hardest to crimp I have several crimp tools but this is the type of one that works the best for me

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/800Pcs-Cr...Cclp%3A2334524

[JAZZCNC]

The very small ferrules are the hardest to crimp I have several crimp tools but this is the type of one that works the best for me

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/800Pcs-Cr...Cclp%3A2334524

To be honest I hated using bootlace ferrules for a long time because they caused me loads of grief with bad connections on small ferrules. It was actually Clive S who pointed me in the direction of this type of tool when I was at his house and saw the difference between my tool type, the difference is night and day to the pliers' type tool I was using. The tool type makes a massive difference and for the small ferrules, they can be adjusted to give a better crimp.

[Kitwn]

The very small ferrules are the hardest to crimp I have several crimp tools but this is the type of one that works the best for me

Thanks Clive. The same type is available with up to 1500 crimps in a set over here.