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Mike Rice posted a tutorial on how to make a 5 tuck splice. A few tribesmen have done it just to be as original as possible.
It helps to have a rigger's forming vice, see one here:
I had the How-To for Braided Cable course at Taylorcraft.com, but when I turned that site over to the new owners, they took everything down.
I moved a copy to my Aerolearn website, and I will try to move it permanently to the Technical Resources section of Taylorcraft.org.
Currently you can find it at:
I did all the ends for my BL when I restored it. My dad made the vice I used. Look in AC43 it will give you the strength of the cable with the splice. It is less than 100% cable strength, but more than is needed for the T-Craft. Tom
andrew king does them for people. he is a member here but usually deals with much older "flying machines"
I had Andrew King make a complete set of woven end cables for a restoration project where authenticity was of prime importance and he is REALLY good . I would suggest however that unless you are doing a detailed , museum level restoration , you should know that this type of splice is only rated at 75% the rated strength of the cable . If you use aircraft grade stainless cable and Nicopress , it is rated at 100% of the cable strength and is much more flexible , eliminating most of the stiffness of carbon cable . Combined with ball bearing pulleys , you can get a much smoother control system .
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