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tired of frayed wire ends #6667455 11/16/19 05:01 PM 11/16/19 05:01 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 23 Girdwood, AK TAtrap OP trapper
TAtrap OP trapper Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 23 Girdwood, AK	Trying something new this year. I got tired of all the frayed ends poking me on snares, cable extensions and the like so I decided to try and tin the ends with some silver solder. We use a lot of cable grip hoist at work and this is one of the ways they finish the ends on those so I figured it was worth a shot. It also seems that it will give the ferrules and cable ends a little more holding power in the event that they slip. Has any body else tried this? Doesn't add to much time in the building phase and may be well worth it. Once i cut all my snares to length i heated some solder in an old spoon with the propane torch, dipped the cable in the flux, then dipped the cable in the solder just long enough to bind the strands but not so long that it make a big ball on the end, then I assembled the snares. Heres to hoping it was worth the extra effort.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6667480 11/16/19 05:54 PM 11/16/19 05:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,514 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,514 james bay frontierOnt.	Looks good.I also hate the frayed ends.I bend mine into a double ferrel. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6668458 11/17/19 07:27 PM 11/17/19 07:27 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,686 Alaska D drasselt trapper
drasselt trapper D Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,686 Alaska	Nice work TA. you can vote your way into socialism, but you will have to shoot your way out.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6678648 11/29/19 05:24 AM 11/29/19 05:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,099 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,099 WI - Wisconsin	Those are some neat tricks, guys. Thanks for sharing.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6684203 12/05/19 05:36 PM 12/05/19 05:36 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 772 Anchorage, Alaska broncoformudv trapper
broncoformudv trapper Joined: May 2011 Posts: 772 Anchorage, Alaska	Great ideas. I have seen a few snares that people have welded the cable ends also.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6684424 12/05/19 09:26 PM 12/05/19 09:26 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,686 Alaska D drasselt trapper
drasselt trapper D Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,686 Alaska	Originally Posted by TAtrap Hey is that my fan? you can vote your way into socialism, but you will have to shoot your way out.

Re: tired of frayed wire ends [Re: TAtrap] #6684703 12/06/19 12:35 AM 12/06/19 12:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,224 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,224 Kansas	Great idea. Thanks and good luck Everything the left touches it destroys

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