Crimps and plyers

Where can I find a source that supplies crimps and the plyers to crimp the wire on my control handle?

Thanks, Aaron

Aaron,

You might try http://home.att.net/~mbschuette

Nice folks from Auburn, Ks who have all sorts of lines,small parts and tools that they sell at some contests here out west. They also have a mail-order bussiness ....check 'em out!

Cottage Industries and Nitro Fumes! Hib

My crimpers came off a MAC Tools truck.

Also consider a decent fishing tackle place. Lots of crimped stuff on big salt water rigs.

A aviation oriented tool store will likely have them. If you live in an area that has aerospace industry, you'll likely find surplus stuff at great prices.

Some industrial suppiers have them at the counter and will crimp things for you for free if you're nice to them. This also applies to hydraulic and pneumatic fittings, just so you know. Crimped fittings look so much better.

Also by the way, might try using the parlance of "swaging" instead of crimped, while you're calling around. Honestly I don't know the technical difference, but have had people tell me they have swagers, but not crimpers.

Hope this gets you started!

I'm using 200 lb. test Dacron for leadouts on my next handle..

If you Crimp a sleeve it puts a dent in the sleeve. If you Swage a sleeve, it compresses (shrinks) the entire sleeve.

Like everything I have bought recently, mine came from Harbor Freight. Cheap! Makes beautiful "suages", if that's the word?????

>Like everything I have bought recently, mine came from
>Harbor Freight. Cheap! Makes beautiful "suages", if that's
>the word?????

I've seen crimpers from Harbor Freight, but no tube swagers. Perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough...

Have you got the part number that you ordered?

Melvin sells swagers not crimpers, buy em from him.

>Melvin sells swagers not crimpers, buy em from him.

Bill;

I will gladly support another CL vendor, but just want to make sure here.

1. When refering to Melvin, you mean Melvin Schuette.
2. We are talking about swagers, not crimpers. The only reason I say this is that if you are refering to Melvin, his list did not mention swagers, only crimpers.

Thanks for the lead.

When I was a kid growing up on the coast of Maine, every serious blues fisherman had a set of hand held swagers in his tackle box. Looked like a set of small bolt cutters, but with a series of difference swaging diameters in the jaws. Is this similar to what is being used now?

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I recommend you go to the people who know what their doing. These people have helped me in the passed and specialize in cables, swagers etc.....Go to http://www.versales.com They are the experts. Some people sell many different products but these people sell only cables and swagers, it's there only business. I have found you can buy cheaper tools but not better. There swagers are not cheap. I think you want the sleeve type which is refered to as a nicopress. I hope this is a help to you. Fly with confidence. As De Hill said, you want the swage type. crimp is a dent but when you swage a cable the sleeve is compressed on to the cable. the roughness of the cable is the tooth that grips and it is a much stronger connection.

I can imagine the sea chanty of the blues fisherman:

Got nothin' on my hook; the fishin' ain't too hot.
Got nothin' on my hook; the fishin' ain't too hot.
And while I'm out here fishin', another crab is kickin' in my pot.

I USE AN AIRCRAFT SWEDGER THAT I GOT FROM BILL BISCHOFF. ONE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM AN ARICRAFT SUPPLY HOUSE. ALUMINUM CRIMPS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ELLIOTS HARDWARE IN DALLAS. THEY ARE PROBABLY AVAILABLE IN MOST LARGE HARDWARE STORES. I CRIMP THE LINES ON THE BIG "D" HANDLE WITH A 1/16" CRIMP AND THE SAFTY THONG WITH A 1/8" CRIMP. YOU CAN DO BOTH WITHE THE SWEDGING TOOL.
IF ANY ONE WANTS A NEW CABLE INSTALLED I CAN DO IT FOR $5.00 INCLUDING RETURN POSTAGE. 1/16" ONLY. 49 STRAND AIRCRAFT CABLE. A SAFTY THONG IS 1/8" NYLON COST $2.00 INCLUDING POSTAGE.

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I buy nickle sleeves for .027 lead out wire in the fishing department at Walmart and bigger sleeves for 1/8"SS wire at the local kayak shop. Kayaks use it for the rudder control systems.

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>I can imagine the sea chanty of the blues fisherman:
>
>Got nothin' on my hook; the fishin' ain't too hot.
>Got nothin' on my hook; the fishin' ain't too hot.
>And while I'm out here fishin', another crab is kickin' in
>my pot.

Howard, Howard, Howard. Yer losin' it! "Blue Fish" are a fantastic East Coast species. Rumor is they fight like crazy and yep, they gots teeth. Put dat in yo' blues song. Work in some Lobsters, too, Man! Crabs, well, dat bring up a whole nuther subject. Don't go there...
Steve

PS: Aaron, did you get the message about the plans for the Merlin that you called about? (pssst: Register, it doesn't hurt much and it's free!)

The proper crimp sleeves and swegging tool can be purchaced from New Jersey Strand and Cable. No cheap, but good stuff and the correct materials. I don't have the address here at the computor, but will get it from my shop if anyone really interested in a $75 crimping tool. Cheers, Roy D

You can buy a hand-held nicopress tool for about $20 from aircraft specialty shops, sailboat shops or commercial cable companies. They are a bit of a pain in that you have two bolts and have to alternate wrench on each one until compressed. Works great though. Have used a single tool on many planes and sailboats.

I guess a bigass hammer on an anvil is not the way to go, huh?

You get what you pay for. Cheers, Roy D

Yes he is referring to Melvin Schuette and Melvin has them listed as crimpers, but they are swaggers. Crimpers go across the cable, swaggers compress the fitting with the cable elliminating the worry of cutting a strand while clamping. Melvin's 'crimper' and sleevse are inexpensive and of good quality. Yes, you could pay 5-10 times as much and I know folks who hound the Snap-on man that would, but you will be happy with the purchase from Melvin. He has two sizes of the 'crimping' pliers, one that will fit in your box and one that is larger and fits in the tool cabinet just fine. I bought one each and several packets of sleeves for .012's-.015's and larger for .018-.027 cables. Save the money you would spend for the 'quality' units from Snapon and use it on that new 4 stroke you were wanting.

Could you maybe just whack it with a swagger stick?

>Where can I find a source that supplies crimps and the
>plyers to crimp the wire on my control handle?
>
>Thanks, Aaron

I suggest that you forget about cable handles entirely & go to a handle with solid connections. They are *much* better.
Btw, you can have 5 handles from Tom Morris delivered to your door for the price of a cheap crimping tool.