Shop/Wiring. Bought a crimper.

I've decided to make all of the harnesses for my aircraft by myself.  The cost to have these harnesses professionally made is an unnecessary expense for me.  Wanting to make them properly, I found that the crimper that seems to be the putative standard for the purpose is the Daniels M22520/2-01.  It can be found for an astonishingly broad range of prices from ~$250-$400, new.  Used, they can be found for much cheaper on eBay, as an example search illustrates.

The crimper has dies that are placed inside its ratchet mechanism, specific to the pins being crimped.   New, these dies range from ~$40-$70.  Used, they can be had for more than half  the cost.  

The ones of interest for me are

• K13-1 (M22520/2-08) for male and female D-Sub pins, #20.
• K41 (M22520/2-06) for female high density D-Sub pins, #22.
• K42 (M22520/2-09) for male high density D-Sub pins, #22.

The K40 positioner (M22520/2-07) is for female pins in the 22 DM MIL-C-38999 circular socket, so I don't need that one.