ORIGINAL: franciscan
I need to make up a new servo three cable plug. I have the small terminals and plug body but need to know the best method to use to attach cables to the terminals. I have a crimping tool but this seems to crush the terminal flat rather than form a proper crimp. Am I using too much force or is there a special technique to do this. Can I solder the terminals instead of crimping. These have to be pushed into the plug body and I do not know what solder tolerance I have available.
I'm guessing that you have the stuff that's sold in LHS. The tool is specific to the terminals that're used in our servo plugs. And you can get the empty plugs.
That tool folds the crimp ears back around into the wire. It can't crush them flat unless they're placed into the tool sideways.
The space you'd have for solder would be about identical to the diameter of the wire.