Wanted Heavy duty IDC tool

[strobey]

Can anyone recommend a decent IDC tool for .156 connectors?

I have a plastic one but it's gotten fairly mashed up.

Cheers

Tim

 

[philpalmer]

the one i sell is awesome.... https://www.pinball.co.uk/shop/tools/molex-idc-tool-0-156/

 

[Derezz]

I can vouch for that!

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

i got this one:
http://www.pinball.center/en/shop/maintenance-service/tools/5774/idc-pusher-tool-0.156

Phil's looks much better built, but obviously costs more. Then again postage from Germany won't help either. I must've bought mine as part of a bigger order a year or 2 ago.

 

[JT.]

That machined one from Phil looks very well engineered, clearly better quality than the pressed steel one from pinballcentre. The price is off the scale though for what it is, compared to what Molex must originally source them for - I guess they can charge a high premium for the Molex branding.

 

[strobey]

That machined one from Phil looks very well engineered, clearly better quality than the pressed steel one from pinballcentre.

Yep, agreed. Just ordered one from Phil, so we'll see.

I'll try it out and post back.

One thing I know for certain, you get what you pay for with tools. Screwfix taught me that lesson...

 

[new forest pinball]

We use the molex one Phil sell's. It's great.... Just used it on a lethal weapon. See the thread in shop logs. http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/slightly-leathal-weapon-3.33473/ Never fails to seat the cables and make a good connection. Gentle tap with a rubber hammer and job done. We highly recommend it.....

 

[andy]

i got this one:
http://www.pinball.center/en/shop/maintenance-service/tools/5774/idc-pusher-tool-0.156

Phil's looks much better built, but obviously costs more. Then again postage from Germany won't help either. I must've bought mine as part of a bigger order a year or 2 ago.

Andy @pinballmania sells ones like these, just used mine for the first time and it works well!

 

[DRD]

 

[Drew.m]

Yes i also use the one from Phil and its great (very tactile it even makes you feel like you know what you are doing

 

[strobey]

Very pleased with this. It's heavy and inserts the wire perfectly, as you'd expect.

The tooled end has a ridge running down it to keep the cable gripped centrally as you push down.

The teeth are spaced very slightly to favour one end which matches the ID(C) part of the Molex plugs exactly - not something I had noticed before, so technically the tool is "handed", although I've tried it both ways and seems to make little difference.

Anyway I would recommend - cheers Phil for the quick dispatch!

Tim