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Claim 1

IN A HAND TOOL FOR CRIMPING CONNECTORS HAVING AN OUTER SHELL AND A CENTRAL CONTACT MEMBER COAXIALLY DISPOSED THEREIN WITH ALIGNED PORTS IN SAID SHELL LEADING TO SAID CONTACT MEMBER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING FIRST CONNECTOR CARRYING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF FINGERS HAVING INNER PARALLEL SURFACES AND OUTER PARALLEL SURFACES SPACED APART AND RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ON A FIRST BASE MEMBER, A FIRST DIE MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST BASE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID FINGERS AND OUT ALONG A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID FINGERS, A SECOND CONNECTOR CARRYING MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND PAIR OF FINGERS HAVING INNER PARALLEL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST FINGERS AND SUPPORT OUTER PARALLEL SURFACES OF SAID FIRST FINGERS AND SUPPORT SAID FIRS CONNECTOR CARRYING MEANS AGAINST TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT, SAID SECOND FINGERS BEING RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ON A SECOND BASE MEMBER, A SECOND DIE MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID SECOND BASE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID SECOND FINGERS AND OUT ALONG A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FIRST DIE MEMBER, MEANS TO DRIVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTOR CARRYENGAGEMENT WITH A CONNECTOR OUTER SHELL HAVING ONE OF THE PORTS THEREOF FITTED OVER ONE OF THE DIE MEMBERS AND TO CAM SAID SHELL TO ALIGN THE PORTS THEREOF AND CAUSE SAID TO CAM SAID SHELL TO ALIGN THE PORTS THEREOF AND CAUSE SAID DIES TO ENTER SAID PORTS TO CRIMP THE CONNECTOR CENTER CONTACT MEMBER WITHIN SAID SHELL.