[Shop-talk] connectors on SS cable (swaging)

[John Niolon]

good one Tervor.... google says the nearest Chandlery store is 300 miles 
away... I'm in the middle of Alabama :-)   guess I could try boat yards 
around town...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <trevor at boicey.com>
To: "John Niolon" <jniolon at att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] connectors on SS cable (swaging)


> On 22/05/2013 2:30 PM, John Niolon wrote:
>> I'd like to use some SS cable to secure some equipment on a trailer...  I 
>> find
>> the cable and the connectors at Lowes, etc but have to pay 20-40 bucks 
>> for a
>> swaging tool I'll probably only use once or twice... does anyone make a
>> swage'er that will work on a vise or something like the crimper for 
>> copper
>> welding cable connectors ???  homebrew ways to do this and have it hold 
>> ????
>>
>>
>   These are problems sailors deal with all the time, find a chandlery 
> store.
>
>   (although $40 in a boat store is like the door fee)