[mythtv-users] Off topic - can someone identify this connector please, I think it's US standard.

[Raymond Wagner]

On 3/18/2011 09:11, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 18 March 2011 12:08, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>> I doubt it would take me much more than 20 seconds to make one.  The
>> problem was that a razor blade cutting on metal braiding doesn't survive
>> long, and that tool relied on exact sizing of the notches, so it doesn't
>> work so well after being resharpened.  I got maybe 50 crimps out of it
>> before it stopped being functional.  If I had to make many coaxial
>> cables, I'd go back and buy a box of those things.
> I'm probably at about 50, but the blades still seem sharp enough to
> make up the odd patch lead from time to time.

The problem was that the blade on mine was not adjustable.  Once it wore 
down, it no longer cut as deep as it was designed, and left a lot of the 
braiding, making it hard to twist on a connector.