On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:14:48 -0500
Joseph Gwinn wrote:

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Followup: It failed already - the constrictor knot just slid off the cable..
Probably due to the heat of the lamp softening things. Ill probably make
some kind of tight-fitting swage collar of metal.

Maybe use some heat-shrink tubing over the knot/area?

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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