| Author | Message | ||
     Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 600 Registered: 02-2002 |
Haven't been able to find a swaging tool (HD, Lowes) for 1/4" steel cable sleeves. Anyone got any tips for me, I'm guessing if I get a chisel and hammer and bash it a few times on each side that will do the trick? Its for limb risers. Dean | ||
| Brent Fox (Bfox) New Member Username: Bfox Post Number: 37 Registered: 10-2002 |
The swaging tool for 1/4" cable is very large and expensive. Try a boating or sailing supply store. They'll usally crimp it for next to nothing. | ||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 307 Registered: 11-2002 |
I used a hammer on the pavement. Worked like a champ! | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 601 Registered: 02-2002 |
Greg - LOL. Label on sleeve says: "Do not use a hammer to crimp!" he he he I was thinking too maybe buying a cheap pair of bolt cutters and grinding down the blades to just the right distance, and using that. Oh but now I think more, fuck it where's my hammer? | ||
| Paul Long (Humveewannabe) New Member Username: Humveewannabe Post Number: 15 Registered: 03-2003 |
I took a pair of bolt cutters and ground the outer end of the blade like a crimper would be. You can still use the back end of the jaw for cutting. You can get small ones cheap. Sometimes on garage doors and the cable system of pop-up campers, you need a good crimp. Two pinches on each one are what it takes. Make sure you get the crimps made of the proper material for the cable. Dissimilar metals will corrode the cable inside the crimp. They are different composition for galv. and stainless steel cables. | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 602 Registered: 02-2002 |
Thanks - good idea. The crimps I got are aluminum, is this ok for galvanized cable? | ||
| Paul Long (Humveewannabe) New Member Username: Humveewannabe Post Number: 16 Registered: 03-2003 |
I think they are alum. clad, pure aluminum would be way too soft to hold. Scrape the outer coating, and you may find copper or brass color inside. I think the clad ones are for stainless. Looking through my Coleman pop-up training info from years ago. I worked at an RV dealer and went through a week course at the Coleman factory at Somerset Pa. The only thing I can find is part numbers for crimps for steel cable assemblies, and different part numbers for stainless cable assemblies. I'd go to a shop that installs garage doors. Since the liability of crimping cables under spring tension is so great, they would be the experts in the matter. That was back in 1985, I hated doing cable jobs, so you put it out of your mind when you finally get away from it. One of those things that comes back real fast when you crawl under one. We only used stainless, so all our crimps were the same. | ||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 313 Registered: 11-2002 |
I think the only reason it says do not use a hammer is because the crimping tool company and the swage company are in cahootz |
