I've done some rummaging around on the innerwebz and haven't found what I need. May not exist.

Working on another Rube Goldberg project and I need to build a custom length throttle cable. It needs to have an "inline barrel" swaged on one end.

Can you buy the lead or alloy beads and swage them on yourself?

Alternatively, has anybody successfully soldered an end onto the cable?

Does something like this get you what you need, Sir?

https://www.amazon.com/Hotop-R...e+cable+crimps&psc=1

or...

https://www.amazon.com/Hotop-B...e+cable+crimps&psc=1

Good luck!

That's the general idea, but the ends are too large. It's for a throttle cable on a weed eater motor so the end is quite small.

I have an idea I'm going to try tomorrow. I found a piece of brass tubing that has the right outer diameter. If I can solder that on the end of the cable and have it stay there it will be just right. Not a lot of tension on a throttle cable so I think it will work ok.

I'll post up a picture if it does.

I'll deny all knowledge of the idea if it doesn't...

Yes, but I found they always come off.

What works extremely well is a dollop of Shoe-Goo!

I just poke the end of the cable into the tube a 1/4 inch, pull out and let dry.

A small pea size of the adhesive is all that is needed.

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Originally posted by BillyBonesNY:
Yes, but I found they always come off.

What works extremely well is a dollop of Shoe-Goo!

I just poke the end of the cable into the tube a 1/4 inch, pull out and let dry.

A small pea size of the adhesive is all that is needed.

Huh. I just happen to have a tube of Shoe-Goo around too. I'll give that a try.

Thanks!

Get an electrical butt end splice and remove the plastic if needed and crimp it on.

For a throttle it would be fine on your lawn mower, on a moving vehicle for brakes and such... not so much.

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Originally posted by Snapping Twig:
Get an electrical butt end splice and remove the plastic if needed and crimp it on.

For a throttle it would be fine on your lawn mower, on a moving vehicle for brakes and such... not so much.

Saaaayyyy...I have some crimp on stuff for 22 gauge wire. That just might work too!

Thanks.

Do you need something like this?

https://www.cxmagazine.com/ret...d-straddle-cable-end

How about a small split-shot sinker?

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Originally posted by r0gue:
Do you need something like this?

https://www.cxmagazine.com/ret...d-straddle-cable-end

I keep some of those around in various sized, but for this job they're too big. The end I need has to fit into a socket and is about the diameter of a #10 copper wire.

I have a bunch of brass tubing in various sizes I keep around for my winter modeling entertainment. Happened to have one just the right size to fit into the pivot on the throttle arm. Cleaned the wire with acetone, doped it with paste flux and soldered the brass tubing on with a butane micro torch. Pencil is for size comparison.



Installed into pivot and mounted on throttle arm.



Installed on motor.

Project is adapting a weedeater motor to a bicycle for a neighbor kid. Not at ALL sure the motor will have enough power to move the bike with him on it. He's 15 and pushing 6 feet, imagine he weighs around 175.

Great to see him interested in things mechanical tho, and not sitting in his bedroom playing video games. I'm making a special effort to mentor him, his parents are both hopeless tweakers and didn't even put him in school until his grandparents found out about it. I think he was 9 before he actually started school. Given his background, he seems to have his head on pretty straight and is doing well in school.

You are a good 'un.

Good on you, Paul, for taking the kid under your wing.

Young men need a solid role model, or at least one that is willing to take time out to help them take their ideas and see if they can be put to practice. Lot's of life lessons there.

You are a good man!