Hello, This is in reply to smoggy 's diary posting . I used similar 7 strand hard tensile steel wire used mainly in the electrical line /pole guying practice.
It's hard to terminate ,you must first bend the wire as close as poaaible to the shape of the thimble. Reverse bending the wire in a vice where u want the two wires to meet. U then temporary bind this "neck" with strong fencing wire and now u have a "standing" side and a "terminating" end. unravel a single strand up to the neck of the thimble , bend it at right angle ,and start tightly winding it 7-8 turns. You can't cut this wire with pliers , so holding it tightly with pliers ,file a nick on the wire and gently move it back and forth til it snaps. Do this with the remaining 6 strands.
Practice on a couple pieces first--This is very hard work ,you need strong hands and patience.
cold gal the termination for rust protection .
Well after all that , I can't seem to bring my pic's of the terminating process across to this posting ---- so, go to my irc album and there's a couple pic's on the third llast page ,or thereabouts.
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