Home made swag tool.... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

JohnMckroidJr · 07-22-2022, 04:01 PM

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.

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07-22-2022, 04:01 PM	#3
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,960	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.