Home made swag tool....

[MITCHELL]

5/16 wire rope plus ferrules

[MITCHELL]

I need to sharpen the edges

[JohnMckroidJr]

Your post reminds me of one of the big Kayaks I worked on......
https://i.postimg.cc/gjNGtT5y/Overseas-Marilyn.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
We would regularly wear out ten 3/4" wire cargo runners during the course of a discharge using the ship's union purchase gear. I would order the spare runners with the machine-swaged splices on both ends as they are stronger than a manual splice. Your tool looks more like a crimper than a swager. If we did need an eye splice, we would do a Liverpool. If we were in a hurry, we would use U-clips or do a molly hogan splice.

[MITCHELL]

But strong enough to keep a crook from pulling it apart.

[MITCHELL]

Just a big pair of crushing pliers.
$85 swager crimping tool 5/16

[MITCHELL]

You can just smash the aluminum ferrules with a hammer if you want, but not as fun as crushing them.

[JohnMckroidJr]

But strong enough to keep a crook from pulling it apart.

That with a chain and padlock should do the trick to keep someone from walking off with your kayak? On the above ship, we would use 1/2" wire straps like that wrapped through the bites of the mooring lines to prevent thieves from stealing them during visits to Africa, Sth and Central America, and the Far East.

Salaverry, Peru was the worst. Even with the straps in place, 3 hired security guards, and the crew's vigilance, the local fisherman manage to steal hawsers during 2 different port visits.

[MITCHELL]

I'm going to do one more but sharpen the crimping edges first.

[MITCHELL]

Made a big difference. It

[MITCHELL]

Vise. I probably straighten crimp pieces 4 or 5 times
And they are still usable.
Some may say why go thru all the hassle when you can buy so cheap on Amazon. I say why go thru the hassle of making a cheese 🧀 burger 🍔 when you can buy so cheap at half a dozen different places 😅
Both are time spent wisely 😌
Idle hands ✋️ lead to the work of the devil 🤘 😈 👏 🙌

[MITCHELL]

To swag another day 😎

[Mahigeer]

Good project.

Welding needs to be prettier.

Thanks for sharing.

[MITCHELL]

Good project.

Welding needs to be prettier.

Thanks for sharing.

$100 wire feed and my eyes are blurry chuckle 😃

[MITCHELL]

When you can't buy it, you have to make it....
Carpal tunnel pain relief bar for a mountain bike.If your a senior citizen you have to keep moving, use it, or lose it.
Two inverted goosenecks and 1 1/8 cold rolled tubing

[MITCHELL]

Let venous thrombosis hold them back....