Once a month or a thousand times a day? It makes a difference. I do about
ten a month, and a plain old automotive crimp terminal tool ($15) works just
fine. Some have been in service for ten years with nary a failure. Put a
dab of RTV over the crimp and coax, then shrink some sleeving down over RTV,
crimp, & coax to make a hermetically sealed connection.

Jim



"Danny Richardson" wrote in message
...
Looking for suggestions for a good crimp tool for installing coax
connectors. It will primarily for BNC connectors on RG-174, 58 and 59
cables. Although the RG-8 cable family capability would be nice too.

I do wish to avoid being a captive customer in that brand X crimp tool
only works well with brand X connectors.

And, of course, looking for the best bank for the buck.

Thanks,

Danny