{"id":3633,"date":"2017-02-17T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2017-02-25T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T13:39:28","slug":"the-tool-that-got-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"The tool that got away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you see a really cool tool that you think about buying, but you don&#8217;t need it at the time &#8211; and when you do need it, it&#8217;s no longer available. Such is the case with the Terminal Tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3635\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-24-16.55.04-e1488029186946-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Terminal Tool\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-24-16.55.04-e1488029186946-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-24-16.55.04-e1488029186946-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had originally bought a hydraulic crimping tool from Harbor Freight, but the dies that came with it weren&#8217;t compatible with quality Amp terminals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3636\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3636 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-11.26.44-e1488029399840-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"HF crimper result\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-11.26.44-e1488029399840-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-11.26.44-e1488029399840-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, a friend and fellow RV builder at KASH had a Terminal Tool. It&#8217;s easy to use, and makes first-rate crimps on large cables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3637\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3637\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3637 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.29.41-e1488029551980-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Terminal Tool\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.29.41-e1488029551980-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.29.41-e1488029551980-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3638\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3638 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.30.41-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Terminal Tool crimp\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.30.41-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.30.41-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.30.41-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-18-16.30.41-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you see a really cool tool that you think about buying, but you don&#8217;t need it at the time &#8211; and when you do need it, it&#8217;s no longer available. Such is the case with the Terminal Tool. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3633\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avionics","category-firewall-forward","category-wiring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3639,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions\/3639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}