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......

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]

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

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