Xl Electricals offers Hand and Foot Operated Crimping Tool. Xl Electricals supplies telephone cables, electrical wires, indoor & outdoor lighting, control gear & switchgear other electrical accessories. Hand and Foot Operated Crimping Tool is a method of firmly attaching a terminal or contact end to an electrical conductor by pressure forming or reshaping a metal barrel, together with the conductor. Hand and Foot Operated Crimping Tool depends on the correct combination of conductor, crimp barrel and tool. A wide range of dies are used to crimp insulated and non-insulated terminations.