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Started by Satamax, March 29, 2021, 12:16:42 AM

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Satamax

Hi guys.

I was re cabling this old Silvant winch with a friend.

Recablage Treuil Silvant - YouTube

This is cable from a grooming machine winch.  A bit like anti rotation  crane cable.

I am wondering how to finish the end.

Make an eye ?

Crimped ?

With cable clamps ?

Add a hook?

This cable can't be easily spliced to make an eye. IIRC, it has 9 outer strands. 

Or

I just crimp a button stop ?

Or a poured button stop? You know when you have those which are conical, you fray the cable in, and pour lead in there.

If crimped, I need to see with the friend who has the tractor. If we can do this on his hydraulic hose machine.

May be not the best solution for me.

I'd rather avoid asking for too many favors. 

Another solution? 

I need to flog this one. Not loosing too much dough. 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mike_belben

Are you talking about terminating the end anchored to the drum or the working end?
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Satamax

Quote from: mike_belben on March 29, 2021, 12:20:05 AM
Are you talking about terminating the end anchored to the drum or the working end?
Working end Mike. The drum end is secured by a plate and a screw.

 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

Satamax

And i will need to do something about rollers!  ::)
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

Satamax

I can do something like this. 

http://www.materiel-forestier.fr/pages/fiche.cfm?id=133

On the lathe. And instead of wedges, pour lead in. ( or something along those lines ) 


French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

Oliver05262

  The name of that is a spelter socket. It is made with a tapered inner space which is poured with zinc. Lead is very ductile and would not retain the cable under much load. 
  It is a strong, but time consuming way to terminate the cable. Be careful to make sure the cable and socket are dry before you pour the zinc, and do not breath the fumes. Best to do this process outdoors. 
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Satamax

Thanks a lot Oliver. 

I didn't know the name. I know about zinc fumes. I'm not sure i could melt it thought. I'm out of oxy acetylene. Covid taking it's toll on my finances.  :'(

That's why i need to sell fast. 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mike_belben

I think id make a male plug for the socket and hand grind some helical trenches in the plug for the wire to bind.. Then unbraid the end as normal, smash it in there, kink the cable legs outward, weld the male into the female with a few good blobs between the cable tentacles.  Then slice the cables off and hit them with some braze or tacks to bond the cable to the bell. 


 I have a choker basket thats made from backbrading cable into itself and terminating the braid in weld dabs.  If the cable isnt galvanaized or too oily you should be able to get some bit of weld on the flushed off tips.. especially if its really compressed from the male and female bullet swedge thingy id make. 


Be sure the nose of the bullet mates nicely with the first slide you put on so it doesnt jam or bust it. 
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Satamax

Thanks Mike. 

I like options.  :)
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mike_belben

Are you pretty good at threading on the lathe? Internal and external? 
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Satamax

Quote from: mike_belben on March 29, 2021, 08:13:26 AM
Are you pretty good at threading on the lathe? Internal and external?
Completely useless, i am! 
But don't hesitate to tell me.  ;D
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mike_belben

well i was gonna say if you were decent at internal threading with a boring bar and 60" insert id draw up a reusable 2 piece end lug that could be tightened if it slipped.  if it were me i would try in aluminum first because its just so much easier to thread and fit without breaking lathe tools. id think it'll hold up but if not at least it proofs out the concept in the woods. 
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snowmountain

Why not tie a knot on the cable? I was a commercial fisherman most of my life. For years I dredged clams in the ocean. The dredge weighed maybe 2500 pounds empty. The end of the cable would get chafed up every few weeks.  We would just cut it off and tie it around a shackle. I believe it is called a blood knot. Tie the knot around your grab hook, anchor to a tree, then slowly tighten up while whacking with a hammer to tight up. Never had a cable break at the knot. 

Jack

mike_belben

never a bad idea.  anchor hitch is what i use for cable. 
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Satamax

Thanks a lot guys.

Well Jack. I'm affraid the knot wouldn't go well with potential buyers.
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mudfarmer

Quote from: Satamax on March 29, 2021, 11:16:19 AM
Thanks a lot guys.

Well Jack. I'm affraid the knot wouldn't go well with potential buyers.
Am I missing something? If you can't do any of these other options and buyers want something clean looking, find 3x cable clamps and a hook for the end. This is how my old Farmi winch came and looking on the internet it looks like others as well. Sounds a lot quicker and easier than doing anything with a lathe or pouring molten metal if the objective is just to get this thing converted to currency in a hurry.

Satamax

Thanks Mudfarmer. 

That's surprising. I see nothing wrong with those for my own, use. But from a commerdial company. That seems a tad "cheap"
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mudfarmer

Quote from: Satamax on March 29, 2021, 12:31:35 PM
Thanks Mudfarmer.

That's surprising. I see nothing wrong with those for my own, use. But from a commerdial company. That seems a tad "cheap"
Agreed, but it works ;D I bought the winch third hand and very old, had to look up and confirm that others are like this from the factory and it wasn't just one of the previous owners that did this. May not be the case anymore.

John Mc

What diameter is the cable?

I put this on the end of my winch cable when I replaced it.

 
 

You can't see it well in the picture, but there is a wedge inside the body of the blue thing on the left.  The cable enters the narrow end of the body, goes past the wedge, then bends back down over the end of the wedge and into the body, stopping just as the need reaches that narrow end of the body on the left. The cable is snugged down in a bit, and the bolt is placed which holds the chain link/swivel/keyhole assembly. Pulling on the cable just tightens the wedge down against the cable. There is no end prop required on the cable itself (other then cutting off any frayed part so that you have a clean end).

Note that the inch and mm cable sizes listed do not match each other on their advertisement. I'm not sure which is correct. I am using it on a 10mm cable with good results.

You can find it here: Swivel End Fitter - T3 - Hud-son
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.   - Abraham Maslow

Satamax

Thanks a lot John Mc

I had forgotten about this type of sleeve.

I won't buy one. But it gave me ideas.

My cable is either 11 or 11.5 millimeters. I can't remember.
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

John Mc

Quote from: Satamax on March 29, 2021, 03:55:06 PM
Thanks a lot John Mc

I had forgotten about this type of sleeve.

I won't buy one. But it gave me ideas.

My cable is either 11 or 11.5 millimeters. I can't remember.
It's a simple, but effective concept. It would not be hard to make something that works on the same principle.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.   - Abraham Maslow

thecfarm

I like that!! Don't like the $50 price, but I suppose buy it once and it will last for years.  :) 
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John Mc

I think I paid about $35 for mine, but that was probably eight or 10 years ago.

I think I have another one around somewhere, but it doesn't have the swivel built-in to it. I like the swivel because if a log rolls down a side hill, it doesn't wind up my cable like the grab hook I used to have on the end did
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.   - Abraham Maslow

Satamax

Ok. Thanks a lot guys. 

The big question, 

Just an end, with  chokers? 

Just an eye? 

An eye with a hook? 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

mike_belben

just a taped and cut cable.  let the new owner worry about it. 
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