<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Oh.. one trick I’ve done is just pull the pins out to solder then reinsert when cool...<div><br></div><div>Stuart<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 26, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aklists@mixdown.ca" target="_blank">aklists@mixdown.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 26, 2018, at 12:49 PM, CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>My usual go-to places are KW Surplus (which would probably not have what you want in this case), Orion Electronics on Lancaster, and Sayal in Cambridge. Neutron in Guelph is sometimes good, and they have an unusually complicated online catalogue…</div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>For me I’ve had almost zero luck with local electronics parts outside of scrap/junk “parts bins” which are a lot of fun but incredibly frustrating if you need something specific.</div><div><br></div><div>Digikey will ship overnight for $8 (and free if you order over $100) and you get exactly what you need every time. Mouser claims to do this as well but generally I find it’s not as good a service, although the last couple of orders have been MUCH better.</div><div><br></div><div>The trick with both of these is finding the right part number. Throwing in "JST 2mm” into digikey’s search and narrowing the results down a bit yields this:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/jst-sales-america-inc/B6B-PH-K-S-LF-SN/455-1708-ND/926615" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.ca/<wbr>product-detail/en/jst-sales-<wbr>america-inc/B6B-PH-K-S-LF-SN/<wbr>455-1708-ND/926615</a></div><div><br></div><div>and in the related parts you can get the female headers (<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">455-1162-ND) and pins for the headers (</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">455-2148-1-ND).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Alternatively, which is what I usually do now that I’m getting older and get frustrated with trying to crimp tiny pins, is to order pre-made cables (</font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">455-3083-ND). Sometimes you find them in different colours too.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I do have the required female connector and the pins for it. The seller of the motor included these.<br><br></div><div>But it is too tiny to attach wires too. We tried to place solder and melt it, in the hope the wire will bind to the solder and the pin, but that did not work. <br><br>So was looking for female connectors which already has the wires pre-attached on them. <br><br></div></div></div></div>
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