That Tuesday shift in Kansas City changed my mind about digital crimpers

I used to think digital crimpers were overpriced junk. Then last month I had a gig rewiring a 737NG that had a ton of D-sub connectors. My old manual tool kept slipping and I crushed three pins in a row. A senior tech let me borrow his Daniels digital crimper and I finished the whole panel in under an hour without a single bad pin. Has anyone else made the switch and seen their rejection rate drop?

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hannaht2910d ago

Better tools just make you wonder why you put up with bad ones for so long.

emma76810d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of my buddy Dave who works avionics out in Arizona. He was fighting with some weird cannon plug on a legacy hawk for like two hours, kept getting intermittent continuity checks. Finally his boss tossed him a digital crimper, said just try it. First pin he did came out perfect, he said it was like witchcraft or something. He finished the whole harness in 45 minutes and hasn't touched his manual tool since then. Seriously, sometimes the right tool just makes you feel stupid for not getting it sooner.

pat_park7d ago

Three crushed pins in a row is exactly how I learned that my "steady hand" is actually just a lie I tell myself daily. I swear my old manual crimper had it out for me, it would wait until I was feeling confident.