[AT] Riggers Vise

[Cecil Bearden]

The size I need is for 3/8 to 1-1/4.  That would work on my small 
wrecker to my dozer, haul truck and crane.  That size is $800 Alibaba 
takes about 6 months to get shipped and you have to buy a lot of 10 
usually.  It is not a fast moving item.   Also, even though a woven eye 
splice is stronger than a clamped one, the regulatory idiots were 
lobbied to specify 3 clamps or a wedge socket.  The loggers still use a 
woven eye in a situation where safety matters.  There are a lot of 
injuries caused by loose ends of the cable stuck out of a clamp hitting 
flesh and bone, or that heavy wedge slinging around and hitting a body 
part.   I really like cables for pulling and hitches, but the cable 
clamps are a pain in the butt.

Cecil

On 5/10/2021 8:51 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> Cecil,
>
> Try here - https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Riggers-Vises_60669643670.html
>
> They indicate prices from $30- $200. Price is probably based on what size you need. Also, you can probably find YouTubes where people made their own vise. They’re not that complicated of a devise, just need to be sturdy. On small diameter cables I’ve been successful using several pairs of vise grips to form the cable around the eye nice and tight. Just clamp with first two, add third, move second and re-clamp, move third and re-clamp,  etc. Could probably do the same with c-clamps.  Good luck.
>
>
> Carl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Sent: Sun, 09 May 2021 23:36:14 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [AT] Riggers Vise
>
> Does anyone know where I could find a Riggers vise or Cable Splicing
> vise?  I need to make some cable slings and I really like the woven or
> braided cable eye rather than using 3 cable clamps. I also want to put a
> new cable on my crane and a braided eye is so much easier to handle.  I
> also want to learn how to braid cable. The vise I would like is
> distributed right here in Oklahoma City, but the $800 price tag has me
> hesitating about buying it...   I still need to find a header for that
> 750 Massey Combine.
>
> Cecil
>
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