An excellent tool . I spent hours trying to perfect the fraying of my first Bowden cable repair. I will make a similar tool for future cable work using your very informative pictures . Thank you for posting the video.
Great video sir. I hope this finds you with the nurses at the Asylum taken care of you very well :-) that is an amazing tool. I still have not moved my lathe off of the pallets been crazy busy! Weather is changing so the yard needs attention.
Or maybe the difference between amateur and professional? We used to make brake cables for old Triumphs and to check they were strong enough i make a jig to test them and they wouldn't break with a 500 pound load, somewhat in excess of BSI requirement which only needed they not break with hand power!? Thanks for the comment.
Tenby Severn thanks for the comment. As for the nipples, we had a hot dip solder pot which is great for industrial use but a bit difficult,but not impossible, for a home use. What does work quite well is a Weller style instant heat soldering iron, you can hang the cable and nipple from the loop while applying solder. Hope this helps answer your question. OOPS completely missed the right question. To answer your actual question. No, but a centre punch works quite well. I did once make a tool to put a double centre punch in the ferrules on the handles of woodturning tools but never thought to do one for cables.
Thats a really nicely made and effective piece of equipment Chris, I really fancy making one myself, I dont suppose you have a drawing or sketch or even just rough dimensions you would be willing share please? I've made my own cables for over 50 years but seem to be making more and more lately after buying a few Bantams & a Mobylette to keep me occupied during "lockdown", sadly buying "correct size" stock cables from various suppliers has been quite a bit of a lottery. I've never really been happy with my attempts at simply splaying the ends prior to soldering it has never ever looked tidy and it is of course of questionable strength, to have the ability to make cable as nice as yours would be lovely. Kind Regards Paul
Thanks for comment, no drawings as it was a 'I know what I want and make it to suit' project. A work mate just designed a single size one about 40 years ago when we started making batches of preunit Triumph cables with a steel tube as part of the outer and wanted reliability. I dont have it to hand to measure it up but nothing is really critical in size save for the clamping of the cable.The only suggestion is to put 3 or 4 layer of printer paper between the two halves when drilling for the clamping holes and drill to size of the cable. The angled ' cups ' are fairly forgiving in size but you can judge from the video to get near enough. The punch part and cup were drilled, if memory serves, with a 'D' bit style 90 degree drill. I don't know your level of skill or equipment but a simple functional version could be made with only basic kit and a little ingenuity. I believe you can buy something similar from one of the major cable supply dealers but where is the fun in that?
@@chrisstephens6673 Thanks very much for the prompt response Chris, I would guesstimate the recess at 5/16" - 3/8" dia and same for depth? I can grind up a few 90° bits to suit, my only problem may be spinning the small bits fast enough, my old Bridgeport only runs to 4000 rpm. Should have a lump or two of EN36 here somewhere and some silver steel bar. Quite looking forward to making this. Regards Paul
@@paulfloyd228 I made mine from plain ordinary mild steel and the punch part from 1/4"(?) silver steel. If you have a bridgeport I assume you are more than capable of making it to your taste. Not saying this applies to you but sometimes when a gizmo is shown on RU-vid people ask for plans, perhaps thinking it will only work if an exact copy, Tom Lipton's multi axis work stop for instance being an example. Anyway, I feel that if you (you being general not you specific) think you need the item you have seen someone use you must be able to design/create one, once you have been given the idea to work from. Happy to give a sense of scale, in this case about 3 1/5 - 4" long but the rest is like the recipe says 'season to taste '😉 Any specific questions please ask. C
@@paulfloyd228 PS if it helps I have drilled holes 0.8mm on my Bantam lathe which had a standard top speed of 800rpm. Just use light pressure, lube and clear chips more often and you will be fine
Thanks for commenting, the principle is pretty common but it is only the fastidious person who goes the extra to make a tool to make life easier, well done on yours.
Thanks for the comment and sorry for taking so long to answer, I got no notice from RU-vid. I have been told they are commercially available but the price is beyond a joke. If you can't make your own, do you know anyone with machinery who could. A simple version could be made with little more than a drill.
Thanks for asking but as they are hand crafted if i sold them the price would be, how shall i put it, unrealistic. 😢 I believe something similar is available from cable suppliers, possibly Venhill Thanks for the subscription, when things get back to normal i shall try to think of something to video and post more.
