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Over the years I've made a great many coax leads, the bulk of which were Quad Shield RG6 terminated with F-tyoe compression fittings.
Even with such high volume of manufacturing, 75Ω satellite connections, the variation was so high that it was hit and miss to have a good day or not when you terminated these whilst standing on a roof next to a satellite dish.
In that time, I learnt that it's cheaper and safer to pay for factory terminated coax.
Ditto with UTP and RJ45.
I still have all the tools, but will really only use them for emergencies.
I respect that others want to terminate their own leads, but it's rare that I have such an urge. There's still plenty of coax and UTP lying in my garage, but I'm pretty sure that it will outlive me.