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[MaytagTwin at aol.com]

Hi Skip,
I appreciate hearing about this.  I have some cable repair to do and this 
technique should work really well.  I can even see leaving out the soldering and 
instead using something like JB Weld as the filler to keep the cable from 
passing back through the grommet. Thank you.
Ron
PS: I'll use the Dremel moto-tool to cut the cable to lenght. quick and easy. 
 A little scrap brass should work for the grommets and after I have cut them 
to diameter and length, I can make up a jig I can hold them on the lathe chuck 
to first bore them using a tailstock chuck and drill bit, then tip them a 
little and use a boring bar to cut the internal taper.  Material cost = next to 
nothing,  Effectiveness = make whatever length I want.  Playing with the tools 
= priceless!!! 
 
In a message dated 12/20/2007 10:36:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
skipcleveland at bellsouth.net writes:

The clutch cables on the Cushman motor scooters and other similar machines 
using cables had a small grommet on  each end that was bored through big 
enough for the cable to fit through. The end where the cable came  out was 
bored back in a taper or funnel shaped. All you had to do was push the cable 
through the grommet. When the cable protruded a ways, you would just fray 
out the cable and then fill it with plain solder which in turn, made the 
cable to large in dia. to go back through. That way, you ned not to heat the 
cable very hot thus preserving its temper and strength. This was all 
detailed in the maintainance literature, and the procedure would make a 
repair that would last a long time or 'till the cable wore out.
Skip





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