"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
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"P D Fritz" wrote: Really??? Tell that to the Navy Aviation Boatswain's
Mates working on
aircraft carriers who regularly weld cables together whenever it's time
to
replace the purchase cables of the Arrresting Gear engines. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Are you sure they are really *welding* the cables, or are you just using
the term to mean "joining." Welding two cables end-to-end would require
fusion of the individual strands. Why would they do something so
difficult when there are easier ways?

I used to weld the old cable to the new when I was replacing the cables on
masonry block boom trucks. I would first weld a knob on the end of each
cable then weld the two ends together. Using the old cable to pull the new
one through, I then used a cutoff wheel on a 4" grinder and cut the old
cable off. It worked a lot better that brazing them together and I never had
one break during the threading of the new cable.
Steve