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#247597 05/01/12 05:21 AM 05/01/12 05:21 AM |
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 774 Greenville SC bacho
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Posts: 774 Greenville SC | ..are you supposed to trim back the coating where you swage it?? Yes, get a go-no-go gauge as well. You can probably get good swage sleeves as fastenal or a local rigging shop cheaper. | | | Re: Rigging swage tool and swages
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#247598 05/01/12 06:21 AM 05/01/12 06:21 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | The aluminum to steel combination is bad to corrode (Aluminum would be the anode and would corrode rather quickly if exposed to salt water). Try to match the swage to the cable material. A good source for these is www.mcmaster.comI use a similar manual crimper that I bought on ebay for trap lines (but I'm not sure I would trust it for standing rigging).
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#247635 05/01/12 06:40 PM 05/01/12 06:40 PM |
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Home Depot swagers and fittings are primarily designed for architectural jobs, not structural rigging.
so architectural isn't structural? Nope. Architectural is no load cables to keep your butt on a deck or stairway. Nothing structural to it.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#247636 05/01/12 07:02 PM 05/01/12 07:02 PM |
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn Karl_Brogger
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Jesus. Just had a thought, I like the looks cable railings, but can you imagine taking a header of the stairs into one.
I'm boatless.
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#247639 05/01/12 08:50 PM 05/01/12 08:50 PM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Jesus. Just had a thought, I like the looks cable railings, but can you imagine taking a header of the stairs into one. Couldn't hurt much worse than turned balusters and an oak newel post would.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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