lack of former easy services

[weilke]

You can't do what that tool does, with a hammer. Swaged cable fittings have several dimensional checks that would be impossible without the proper tooling. When I saw $7000, I thought; What a steal!!!

Should have said wrench or thingmabob. No, of course you can't swage a fitting with a hammer.

 

[GlennAB1]

It swages the terminal end on cables up to 1/2" in diameter. This does this type of fittings.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/ms21259.php?clickkey=3026594

these are what you find in Cessna and Piper and the certified A/C.

Your link has a place you can custom order cables.

 

[Tom-D]

In the mean time you whine about not having a place to get cables fabricated.

There are better options than paying 7k for a tool to do 4 cables.

 

[GlennAB1]

I thought you did aircraft maintenance for a living?

 

[Tom-D]

Talk to those exp guys, or surely on the RV forums they'd have a place to send them.

Would you like to assume the liability of making control cables, or gain the PMA for manufacturing the Piper or Cessna part numbers?

 

[Tom-D]

I thought you did aircraft maintenance for a living?

Not any more. I keep 4 customers to re-qual for the IA, that is all I'm doing. plus my projects at home like Varieze.

 

[Tom-D]

Your link has a place you can custom order cables.

can you get them to come and swage on site?

 

[GlennAB1]

Good luck, Tom.

 

[MauleSkinner]

I'm also reading that the service is not needed so much any more.

Certainly sounds that way to me, if six customers don't exist to even pay for the dies...

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Let'sgoflying! said: ↑
Talk to those exp guys, or surely on the RV forums they'd have a place to send them.

Would you like to assume the liability of making control cables, or gain the PMA for manufacturing the Piper or Cessna part numbers?

Would I like to? Well it's really not about me at all. I simply made a suggestion to help you in your quest.

 

[BillTIZ]

Had an A&P replace an aileron cable with nicopress. He did not have the go/nogo measuring tool and felt it was good because it matched the factory end with his micrometer. We did not know he had not completed the work correctly. The cable came apart inflight. Aircraft landed ok off airport.

Another A&P IA replaced flap cables. He ordered cables at set lengths with the fitted ends you describe. It was many years ago and I do not know where he ordered them from.

 

[Tom-D]

Let'sgoflying! said: ↑
Talk to those exp guys, or surely on the RV forums they'd have a place to send them.



Would I like to? Well it's really not about me at all. I simply made a suggestion to help you in your quest.

The "you" was to any one reading, not just you.

The liability is always there, that is the main reason most all repair stations buy pre-mad cable, so they can pass the liability.

 

[kgruber]

Too bad Bob Richardson isn't still around.
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...chardson university swaging b-17 boeing field

 

[Omalley1537]

Tom, have you checked with Flying Hertitage at KPAE? Seems like their shop might have something like that for their resto work.

 

[kmead]

Have you tried Skully at Beechhust cables? He's made me some modified cables for the PA46 and went out oh his way to help. Have you tried searching on ILS for a used machine? I've bought a lot of used Pratt tools on there a good prices.

 

[UngaWunga]

These guys can probably do it for you:
Sinclair Aircraft Antique Restorations
Criag Sinclair
(603)964-2223

 

[edessa]

Did you try the guys up in Everett? I use to work there and I made the cables for the Southwest 737s. It used to be Tramco then B.F.Goodrich bought them and now I don know who bought them. Maybe worth a shot.

 

[GlennAB1]

True, because the A&Ps are not building these cables in the field anymore for several reasons, liability, cost of tooling, and market size.

Way to step up, Tom!

 

[Tom-D]

Tom, have you checked with Flying Hertitage at KPAE? Seems like their shop might have something like that for their resto work.

They don't work for the public.

 

[Tom-D]

These guys can probably do it for you:
Sinclair Aircraft Antique Restorations
Criag Sinclair
(603)964-2223

Yep,, I'm sure enough going to take them to New Hampshire