Who has one of the red crimpers and who hammers the stops on?
Hammer,been wanting to get a crimper but still don’t have one
Hammer I like knowing it’s mashed. Had bought stuff crimpet and pull out!
I love the bench mounted ones. You need to be aware when making using both hammer and crimpers. It is one of the best tools you can have if you use cable
I made some earth anchors with s1/8 inch cable and double ferrules two seasons ago. Hammered on. I swear I think the cable sucked out of some of them when driving. Used chain and welded lock washers this past season with no problems. I don’t think snares have the pressure on them that driving in hard solid ground puts on them.
I bought a bench mount ,this year, from Vevor. It is much easier to use than the fence crimpers that I was using. It also works really well to close J-hooks. I’m not much of a snare man, but i like it for extension cables, and tie offs for body grips.
I bought a pretty good swage but kinda like Colt, I feel like it is more secure hammered on. Crimped with a swage they just look like you could pull them out. I know that’s not the case but it bothers me
Anyone use copper ferrules instead of aluminum? I need something to piddle with over the summer trapping related. Might get a spool of cable and get creative.
I hammer all of mine Swage tool looks good but they’re expensive to.
Aluminum ferrules and hammer here.
I generally just buy snares pre made; however, if I ever decide to make up a bunch, I think I would just use a hammer and vise, and then do like the guy from Wilderness Predator control and solder the ends of the snare at the aluminum stop/ ferrule. In his youtube video, he shows how he makes them, and claims he has not had any pull loose by doing that. He catches a BUNCH of coyotes every year!
Gregerson snares used to be soldered. They dipped in a flux or something too.
I don’t use copper but I’d like to for otter snares but I couldn’t find eny when I ordered
Colt
Only place I’ve seen them is the snare shop. ThebGregerson ferrules weren’t aluminum. They were a sort of wire coil like the whammies are now. Or, that’s what Dan Dezarn used to sell.
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Snare one (newt sterling) I’m pretty sure he has the copper ones. I’ve not tried it or even know if it would work but they make a steel sleeve for fence repair.
I have a swaging tool, mine is not bench mounted, I clamp one of the handles in the vise so I can use it one handed I like it because it puts the work area higher so I can see what I am doing without bending over so much. Something else I did a couple of years ago was built a taller work table and put it on castors so I can easily move it, when working on smaller projects it is a real back saver as well, didn’t use to pay much attention to it but I find now a lot of working bent over gets the old back to fussing
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I have a hand held swaging tool that has three slots. It’s made like bolt cutters. I might try it.
That’s what I have as long as you match the ferrel size to the slot it works well
Would the use of soldering flux and wire ferrules be superior to just hammered on aluminum or copper ferrules? I don’t hear of anyone doing that much. I’ll try to find that suggested YouTube video.
Well when a solder job is done write it will creep down deep into all them little cracks and crevices and is a very strong joint. But my concern would be to do a good solider job it’s needs to be fluxed and flux is an acid and corrosive and that may be why it’s not done much. If you can’t clean and oil it it’s gonna rust up steel, and that flux would for sure be in the cable inside the furl!
As far as strong it would likely be stronger than a plan mechanical bond (crimping)
My ¢.2
Colt