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I think Daniels is splitting hairs. All crimp at 4 points (locations)-- 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00. The Daniels tool has four "jaws" and each jaw has two small points instead of one larger one. Does that qualify it as an 'eight point crimp'? The whole purpose of that style of crimp is so that it...

Looks like the Ideal/ Buchanan tool will work just fine. If you're doing mil. spec. wiring and are using the waterproof connectors, the secret is the four-point, non-deforming crimp that the Daniels, Ideal/Buchanan and the silver tool from the wiring kits all do. With any of them, just make sure...

Here's the tool I made for handling the female terminal springs. Not exactly high-tech but it sure makes life easier when you're doing wiring jobs.

Kenny, the springs have to come off to fit through the tool. I turned down a bolt for a tool to remove and replace them. The tip is sized to slide into the female terminal with a step that's the same size as the outside of the end that I slide the spring off onto. After crimping, I just re...

Got an idea here. I think that you could use any of the solderless, crimp-on bullet connectors in these rubber boots. The secret is the crimping tool in that it doesn't deform the terminal like regular crimpers do. Being crimped with the AF8 tool allows them to slip into the nylon inner sleeves...

BigMike. Here's the proper crimping tool for the watertight connectors. Daniels AF-8 crimping tools come in two sizes though. This one does automotive wire gauge sizes and another AF-8 does 22ga. and smaller (check out the gauge selector wheel on the back side of the tool). Make sure you get the...