Quote Originally Posted by napierm View Post
The problem I have with these crimpers is that there isn't a calibrated adjustment for the depth of crimp. If they are adjustable at all then you could use set of pin gauges (go/no go) to set them. The crimp depth is set for the size of terminal as well as the wire gauge.
Well, I'm not sure what to say about that except that I've pull tested the crimps that mine makes on standard density d-sub contacts with 22AWG wire and found them to be plenty strong enough. How strong? I didn't put a scale on it, but given that the backshell provides strain relief I'm not at all worried about wires pulling loose from their contacts.

B&C sell the Paladin PA1460 ($49) and SteinAir sell a crimper ($38) identical the one that I use. I'll bet a lot of E-AB aircraft have been successfully wired with them.

I wish I had the budget to buy NASA-spec tooling for every task, but sadly I'm just not that builder. I sure envy the guys who do.