kd0afk
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I need to attach terminators to the ends of a 1/16" steel cable. None of the four hardware stores in town sell any kind of swager and I only need to do 6 so I can't see spending $30-50 on a swager. I have a lathe and a bench vise, I think I can make something that will work.
The cables are for flexible dial indicator bases and I want to use steel for the swages unless aluminum would hold just as well in this situation.
My question is; how should I make the swage or more specific, what should the profile of the hole look like? I'm thinking an hourglass shape, necked in in the middle.
The cables are for flexible dial indicator bases and I want to use steel for the swages unless aluminum would hold just as well in this situation.
My question is; how should I make the swage or more specific, what should the profile of the hole look like? I'm thinking an hourglass shape, necked in in the middle.