How To Crimp 1 8 Cable

Next put your crimping sleeve into your crimper or hand swager.

How to crimp 1 8 cable.

Steps completed before filming. Put the seam side up under the nub on the crimper so that they get pushed inwards and apart when you clamp the crimper. For use on uncoated wire rope. Get it as soon as wed sep 30.

Clamp down over the plastic grip moderately hard and maybe do this a few times. The wire gauge isn t a major factor. Pull the cable through the sleeve so that the trace is 1 8 in length. Zinc plated wire rope thimble 2 pack wire rope thimbles serve as an alternative to wire rope thimbles serve as an alternative to splicing and are used with wire rope clips to make loops.

Use enough force to create a deep indentation. Grab the crimp in your crimping tool. Step 6 swage the ferrules by starting at one end and compressing the oval shaped fitting sideways between the jaws. You want the wire to be unable to come pull of the crimp if you lightly tug.

The swaging tool is a cold metal press that allows you to crimp ferrules and other attachments onto the cable. This way when you slide it back into the crimp it won t pull all the way through and out of the crimp. Glarks 315 pieces 8 sizes aluminum crimping loop sleeve double barrel ferrule for wire rope and cable line end assortment kit m1 2 m6. Closeup shots of the process.

Ben shows us how to crimp a cable. This video details the necessary steps to make a swaged or crimped cable railing connection. Higood aluminum crimping loop sleeve for 1 8 diameter wire rope and cable 1 8 100pcs 4 7 out of 5 stars 207. One swage or crimp is usually sufficient for smaller fittings.

Slide the thimble up against the edge of the sleeve. Crimp connectors work best with stranded wire because solid wire usually isn t malleable or ductile enough to make a reliable connection. Doing one section at a time. Tighten the monofilament around the thimble.