Gordon Gould
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- NorthEastern, VT
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- Kubota L3010DT, Kubota M5640SUD, Dresser TD7G Dozer
The end of the cable on my Farmi JL290 winch was getting pretty ratty. So I cut off about 5' and redid the hook using a Flemish eye. A Flemish eye will not slip and is pretty easy to do after a little practice - a good use for the cut off piece of cable.
Hold the cable, 3/8" in this case, in a vise. It's made with a core surrounded by 6 bundles made from fine wire strands. Carefully pry up and unwrap 3 adjacent bundles like so.
Put the hook in the vise. Stick the 3 bundle group in the hole from the left and the 3 bundle plus core group in from the right over, ie on top of, the 3 bundle group. Bend the 2 ends back towards the cable and start wrapping them together at the center of the formed loop so they fall into the spaces they came from.
Finish the wraps.
I put a few wraps of black tape to help hold the fine strands in place while clamping and then add and tighten a clamp.
Added a second clamp to make a better/stronger seat for the sliders. Ready to pull some wood out. Still way to wet most places here though.
gg
Hold the cable, 3/8" in this case, in a vise. It's made with a core surrounded by 6 bundles made from fine wire strands. Carefully pry up and unwrap 3 adjacent bundles like so.
Put the hook in the vise. Stick the 3 bundle group in the hole from the left and the 3 bundle plus core group in from the right over, ie on top of, the 3 bundle group. Bend the 2 ends back towards the cable and start wrapping them together at the center of the formed loop so they fall into the spaces they came from.
Finish the wraps.
I put a few wraps of black tape to help hold the fine strands in place while clamping and then add and tighten a clamp.
Added a second clamp to make a better/stronger seat for the sliders. Ready to pull some wood out. Still way to wet most places here though.
gg
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