[SEL] Life happens!!/ cable ends

[Jerry Evans]

At 07:00 PM 21/12/2007, you wrote:
>From: jlb94 at juno.com
>Subject: Re: [SEL] Life happens!!
>To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>Hello Joe,
>         Building a ball using silver solder (not the stuff that looks
>like lead
>solder) will work if the cable is stainless.
>=        =        =        =        =        =
>Thanks Rupert,
>I don't have any Silver Solder but I can probably get some.
>I'll need to do more experimenting.
>I can't do much machining but, I just might try to get a couple
>cable clamps that "squeeze" on the cable and make that work.

Hi Guys,
         Been away from the computer a bit lately so I've missed most of 
this thread but here's my "tuppence ha'penny" worth.
         My first means of transport was a 4th hand Lambretta scooter - 
most of the cables (in fact most of the scooter)  were "stuffed". In those 
days I had no money (nothings changed), no tools and not much else. The 
only thing I did have was an overwhelming desire to visit my girlfriend (50 
miles away) every weekend !!
         In a pinch the brass pin from an old electric "plug" (the bit with 
a screw in that grips the electric wire) makes a good (if temporary) cable 
end stop. It does not last very long if you are rough with the cable 
control but is also great for getting the final adjustment made. If I had 
the ability and tools in those days I would have put one on, adjusted it 
and then soldered it to the cable. As it turned out I could only cut it to 
size with a hacksaw and file it to a shape that fitted (did you know that 
you can use a hacksaw to file with? It's possible if you have enough of the 
above mentioned "overwhelming desire" :-)

Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm



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