Building 1-3/4 2 leg spread with thimbles at top and spelter sockets at the bottom, also had to build some single leg slings with spelter sockets each end.
Having been a Navy guy, I've seen plenty of these cables in a younger life... watching them being made is fascinating for a reason I can't come up with. Having been a Naval officer, it's ok for them to call you "Sir" as long as they don't spell it with a "C".
Hand is Ok, and several weeks after I did these Video Chuck had a heart attack and was out a couple of months but he is doing fine and came back about 3 weeks ago, we needed him badly. Tha ks for watching.
When i was a kid (17) we had to cut 1" cable , 150' long in the snowy parking lot. Six sections, pulled off the spools manually. Freezing cold and wet, cut with a grinding cut-off wheel. The only guy with safety glasses. We did have work gloves. For the barge operations in Chicago. The best part was a hot lunch paid for and a dry restaurant. This is hard work, fingers smashed all the time. 👍
So you know what we go through everyday, we hand measure crane cables for a customer that is 1" and 7/8 cable that are 203' to 500 off of full spools weighing 5,000 lbs
Very interesting and looks like a hard job. I have to say, I don't see how a splayed end with epoxy poured in to can withstand pulling out. I would have never believed that without watching the stress test results... Thumbs Up!
I was sitting here thinking that looked backwards, but thought those guys surely have done enough that they wouldn't make a simple mistake like that. I thought for sure I was going to be proven wrong.
That's right, heck I had a milling machine injury last week and a lathe injury today. Just cuts no big deal, if your hands ain't bleeding you ain't working hard enough.
We got a huge punch press for punching cones out of sockets that we use to open up thimbles larger than 1-3/8" some guys use the test bed but if we had a something to bend them by hand at the shop it's disappeared more than 20 years ago.
Yeah we still use long pipes and say a prayer when we open them. We did up to 3" at our old shop and we only do 2-1/2" here now and I'm getting to damn old to do that anymore. 🤣
@hanginwithdaddio we do up to 4-1/2" although I think that reel is probably as old as I am. We typically do 1-3/4"-3"in the larger ropes. Our old National 3,000 ton swager for big ropes leaks since we don't use it very often and the kid they installed to be foreman doesn't care about maintaining anything. I see you folks still use the old escos. We got tired of rebuilding them so we got 3 talurits. Great presses if you take care of them unfortunately all but one has yet again been neglected. The old escos are great but you gotta grease them regularly.
The red one is beaver tools and I have a new big one that you may not have seen that I bought from associated wire rope in California. My blue vices I bought from Morgan Milwaukee tools direct.
Sure been missing your working videos. Thanks for all the extra work that is required to make one.
Thank you very much.
Having been a Navy guy, I've seen plenty of these cables in a younger life... watching them being made is fascinating for a reason I can't come up with. Having been a Naval officer, it's ok for them to call you "Sir" as long as they don't spell it with a "C".
Thank you for your service and Thank you for watching.
Great seeing you and chuck working together. Hope the hand healed up ok
Hand is Ok, and several weeks after I did these Video Chuck had a heart attack and was out a couple of months but he is doing fine and came back about 3 weeks ago, we needed him badly. Tha ks for watching.
Love the longer shows, keep up the good work.
I have worried about the longer ones, I didn't want to bore people. I'm new at this video thing and have no clue. 😅
When i was a kid (17) we had to cut 1" cable , 150' long in the snowy parking lot. Six sections, pulled off the spools manually. Freezing cold and wet, cut with a grinding cut-off wheel. The only guy with safety glasses. We did have work gloves. For the barge operations in Chicago. The best part was a hot lunch paid for and a dry restaurant. This is hard work, fingers smashed all the time. 👍
So you know what we go through everyday, we hand measure crane cables for a customer that is 1" and 7/8 cable that are 203' to 500 off of full spools weighing 5,000 lbs
@@hanginwithdaddio Oh I do know the pain involved. Heavy equipment, lifting and pry bar torque on your body 👍
Very interesting and looks like a hard job. I have to say, I don't see how a splayed end with epoxy poured in to can withstand pulling out. I would have never believed that without watching the stress test results... Thumbs Up!
Thank you for watching Gary.
Looked backwards to me, but I don't make them. (the crimp piece) Keep the videos coming. Thanks.
Good eye. Thanks for watching.
I was sitting here thinking that looked backwards, but thought those guys surely have done enough that they wouldn't make a simple mistake like that. I thought for sure I was going to be proven wrong.
I'm sorry to disappoint, wasn't nothing on other end so easy fix. 😂
Dang cool how they are made , thank for the video.
You are very welcome Cole.
That'll feel good when it quits hurting! lol
That's right, heck I had a milling machine injury last week and a lathe injury today. Just cuts no big deal, if your hands ain't bleeding you ain't working hard enough.
Ooh wee baby got
His blue jeans on!
Right!
We got a huge punch press for punching cones out of sockets that we use to open up thimbles larger than 1-3/8" some guys use the test bed but if we had a something to bend them by hand at the shop it's disappeared more than 20 years ago.
Yeah we still use long pipes and say a prayer when we open them. We did up to 3" at our old shop and we only do 2-1/2" here now and I'm getting to damn old to do that anymore. 🤣
@hanginwithdaddio we do up to 4-1/2" although I think that reel is probably as old as I am. We typically do 1-3/4"-3"in the larger ropes. Our old National 3,000 ton swager for big ropes leaks since we don't use it very often and the kid they installed to be foreman doesn't care about maintaining anything.
I see you folks still use the old escos.
We got tired of rebuilding them so we got 3 talurits. Great presses if you take care of them unfortunately all but one has yet again been neglected.
The old escos are great but you gotta grease them regularly.
At what size do you pour those sockets with molten zinc compared to using the epoxy?
You can use epoxy on all sizes. Thank you for the question.
Did you have that crimp band backards? LoL
I sure did.🤣
Hello! Where did you buy the splicing vise ?
The red one is beaver tools and I have a new big one that you may not have seen that I bought from associated wire rope in California. My blue vices I bought from Morgan Milwaukee tools direct.
Thank you !@@hanginwithdaddio
Are you a member of AWRF? Is there a union that represents your trade?
We are not anymore but my Dad was one of the ones that got the AWRF started.
I don't think there is a union in our type of work.
manufacturing of simple eye slings you do not have
Thank you for watching, there isn't a simple solution that meets our quality.
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What's up Steve! Thanks for watching.
I skinny guy couldn't do that job.
Love the humor.