Why yes they are. And I thought the same thing, not deep enough. But not all
pins the same either.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] cutter for tie bars.


Hi Charles!

Are they Amphenol connectors? I was having some of the same issues. After
looking closer at the connectors, and then ultimately sending one of the
connectors to Amphenol, I (we) discovered that the leads hadn't been scored
deep
enough for the tie bar to be separated cleanly.

-Steve Gregory-


> I am looking for cutters to remove the tie bar from a surface mount
> connector. I can find lots of them that would work but remember seeing a
> tool
> in a catalog that was especially for this. Anybody using something like
> this?
> The tie bars are not breaking as easily as I think they should , leaving
the
> pins looking kinda sorry.
> Thanks
>
> Charles Caswell
> The Big Kahuna
>


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