Anybody used a "ball" turning attachmnet,,,,

 Well,I had been havin my eye out on the Marketplace for bout a 2-3 ton come-a-long,,,and I come up on  a really nice aluminum unit that can be either a 2000# unit or doublin the cable with a snatch block for 4000# capability.

 Don't think I'll ever have a need for the 4000# set up so I went to doin my usual "modifying" to the unit to suit ME,,,,

 Took the unit apart to remove the extra dead man attachment off and wound up having to remove the cable completely out of the drum in order to re-route the cable for a straight pull  and then being able to re-spool the cable on the drum. In doing so,,I had to cut the small piece that was on the end of the cable and dead manning inside the drum,,,,clear as mud so far,,,,??

 The small SS piece has a ball on end of bout 1/2" round and then is cylindrical bout 1" long. It is bored in the center for OD of cable and I think it was prolly compressed at factory to hold the cable inside it. I was gonna re-use this piece but there was NO WAY I could drill out the cable that was inside it ,,So,,I figured I would machine a new piece,,slip the cable inside it that secure the cable in it with some melted lead,,,??

 I have the piece made except for making the one end round,,,,,

  I can machine a rough circle with the cutters but,,,,,

 Anybody got any ideas,,??

 Well,,Shameless,,,where is your sense of adventure,,,,???

 You know,,,them engineers don't know EVERYTHING,,Ya see,,the way they made this thing is when you use it for 4000# service,,by doubling the cable and then dead maning at the come-a-long,,,the cable hook "IS" centered with the centerline of the come-a-long. BUT,,if you use it as a single line 2000# unit,,THEN,,, the cable comes out of the come-a-long at a very odd angle to the centerline of the tool,,,in fact the single line cable is actually pulling "away" from the center of the cable drum,,,kinda a dumb idea they come up with but,,,,but,,,I'ma gonna fix it just for you,,,,,

 Other than that,,it is a hell for stout come=a=long,,,,,,

    B:-)      Dnoym

 Hey dnyom,,thanks for that link,,,

 

  Yeah,,Jay,,that's kinda what I thought and I was trying to make the finished product look and perform as good or better than the original.

 I ain't a good enough machinist yet to make one of those  attachments for my lathe,,,besides,,I prolly wouldn't use it again,,,,, never needed one before

 SO,,,I'm thinkin I'll just use the tool bits to do a halfway circular piece and melt some lead fishing weights into the cavity,,,That ought to hold the cable in place,

Ball-with-Shank-End Roller Swage Wire Rope End Fittings

 

Without the swag tool, you could drill a couple holes thru the shank, flux and braze or silver solder.  Could do the same with the proper dia. nut (rounded off or not).

   WOW,,,many great ideas as usual from this great bunch of fine folks,,,,

  Hey Joe O that looks to be a good one but requires a mill which I don't have,,,but,,,but,,I'm gonna get me one when I find a small table top model,,,,

 Nella,,thas a great video with some good ideas

 Hey Lou,,,that right there is something I could build,,,gonna start gatherin up materials,,,,,

 Hey TBone yeah,,I thought bout just using my new mig, pokin the cable almost to the end of new cable end I machined yesterday and just drop a few dollops of weld material on the cable end and call it good. My first idea was to get some fishing weights and melt em right om top of the cable. I bored the ID enough for some of the lead to migrate all around the cable,,,,ten four,,??

 OH,,and Chask as usual you always come up with some great links,,,,,what you got,, a bonefide link finder on your home PC,,??

 Hey TMiller,,,,,,that right there sounds like something I would love to try,,,,, Ya got any pics,,so's I got a better idea,,,??

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