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| Subject: | Re: Trimming raggedy cable ends |
canceld
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Richard Pike <thegreybaron@charter.net>
wrote:
>
>
> mojavjoe wrote:
> > Richard;
> >
> > You wouldn't have had to trim your cable ends if you had used this
> little trick. It's called spin welding, and it starts by rough cutting
> the wire cable aprox. 6in. longer than needed, and then clamping vice grips
> at the point you want the cable to end. Next chuck a drill set to its
> lowest speed setting to the rigged end of the cable. Since wire cable can
> be wound clock wise or counter clock wise set the drill to forward or
> reverse so the drill will tighten the wire. Insure the vice grips will not
> move (put a brick on them or clamp in a vice). Next heat the wire close to
> the vice grip jaws to red hot with a torch slowly tighten the wire with the
> drill while pulling the drill away. The wire will break with the ends
> fused. Sometimes there might be a wire end or two sticking out of the weld
> but a file will take care of that.
> >
> >
>
>
> Joe - You da Man! Spent today redoing the elevator and rudder control
> cables, and despite my best efforts, could not get some of those old wires
> to go through the nico sleeves. Remembered this post, and had my brother in
> law clamp one side of the extra length of wire in one clamp, I held the
> other wire in a clamp and used the torch to get the intervening piece of
> wire red hot. He twirled it off, and it slipped through that nico slicker
> than whiz! Since it was a couple inches from where we heated it to where we
> ended up cutting it off, the heat was not an issue, so my previous
> misgivings were a non issue. Thank you! :D
>
> --------
> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Forgiving is tough. Being forgiven is wonderful.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=465592#465592
>
>
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