Hi All!
 
I've got some ladies in our slide operation wanting to take some of us
engineers out to be drawn and quartered because we're asking them to
install a mil connector into an assembly without alignment disks. If any
of you have worked with these connectors, you know what I'm talking
about. 
 
Here's a picture of a connector with an alignment disk:
 
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Disk_on_Connector.jpg
 
And here's the one that has the blood shooting out the eyes of the
ladies on our slide line:
 
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Connector_without_Disk.jpg
 
These connectors did not come with alignment disks. As you can see,
they're from one of the few companies that make these connectors. So I
called them and asked them to quote me what it would cost for the
alignment disks for these connectors, and get this; $55.43 EACH (in
qty's of 50-999) with a 12-WEEK LEAD TIME! They do this because they
can...sheesh!
 
So, I'm wondering if any of you out there has a some trick or gizmo that
will aid in installing these connectors? By the way, the leads can't be
trimmed on a bias because the connector is stood off the board so high
that we just have lead protrusion...
 
Steve

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