Timeline for What can I use for a DIY cable end?
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| May 15, 2020 at 1:00 | comment | added | Pete Zelchenko | I assume that "necroing" back-forms from necrophilia, in this case picking up a very old thread and following up with a "me too" answer that is previously already largely given. I think the value of StackExchange-type formulae is that there is a possibility to add new or qualifying material even years later. Thanks. | |
| May 15, 2020 at 0:56 | comment | added | Pete Zelchenko | I should add that traditional swaging probably originally used lead. And while I think that for a crimp ferrule on the cable to "whip" the end and keep it from fraying, a lead-based metal (probably even 100% lead, like a musket ball) is surely enough --- but now that I think about it, the solution for brake cable anchors is probably going to be very different. While lead fishing sinkers won't call for powerful tension forces, this application certainly will. And so lead alone is probably not nearly strong enough. I haven't tried silver-based solders, but if anyone has, I'd like to hear it. | |
| May 14, 2020 at 10:55 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | Welcome to the bikes SE! I do wonder how universal this answer and the other ones based on soldering equipment are. Nevertheless, this is a good, well-explained answer, and it should apply to a good number of cyclists. Additionally, kudos for not 'necroing' a question just to give a duplicate of an existing answer. This offers detail that's different enough from @Criggie's answer. Necroing a question in this manner is totally acceptable. | |
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| May 14, 2020 at 9:24 | history | answered | Pete Zelchenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |