Hi All

Rather than have a tap above the bath I have fitted a combined bath filler/ tap thing. Trouble is that I couldn't find one which also has the ability to do the pop-up waste. My plan is to move the pop-up waste mechanism to the top of the bath but the cable is too short. Simple I thought will get a longer cable ....

After much searching I couldn't find one so, I protyped using a bike brake cable. It is a little too thin but does seem to work (although not perfect)..

Now the challenges. At either end of the existing wire is a brass section which slots the cable into place. So... I cut the ends off the existing one and fed the new cable and sheath into it. Trouble is this needs to be stuck in place to stop the sheath moving when I turn the knob.

Assuming I need to glue the sheath in, any ideas what to use? Maybe I have missed something about how to achieve this and gone down the wrong path?

Anyone know where I could source a thicker cable?

Thanks in advance

Lee.

formulated the question :
Anyone know where I could source a thicker cable?

Motorbikes use thicker cables than bicycles. The proper name you are
looking for is a Bowden cable.

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
formulated the question :
Anyone know where I could source a thicker cable?

Motorbikes use thicker cables than bicycles. The proper name you are
looking for is a Bowden cable.
But you should make sure it is stainless.

Thanks Harry that did the trick I have found a load of different types / suppliers now.

Anyone any ideas of what to use to glue the sheath into the brass fittings ?

In article ,
FMurtz wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
formulated the question :
Anyone know where I could source a thicker cable?

Motorbikes use thicker cables than bicycles. The proper name you are
looking for is a Bowden cable.
But you should make sure it is stainless.

On my bath the bowden cable uses a solid inner to push and pull. Bike etc
ones are stranded for flexibility. Which may not push well enough. On a
vehicle, you'd normally either have a spring return, or use two flexible
cables to push and pull.

--
*It's o.k. to laugh during sexŒ.Œ.just don't point!

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Thanks Dave. Mine is stranded although I agree a solid core one would be better. Now I know what they are called will see if I can source them.

In article ,
wrote:
Thanks Dave. Mine is stranded although I agree a solid core one would be
better. Now I know what they are called will see if I can source them.

If you can find the correct sized outer, perhaps some piano wire as an
inner?

If it moves freely, a flexible type might be OK, though.

--
*I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message ,
writes
Thanks Harry that did the trick I have found a load of different types
/ suppliers now.

Anyone any ideas of what to use to glue the sheath into the brass fittings ?

For our boat, I collected various bits and pieces for the engine/
gearbox end and for the forward/reverse/throttle control for the
cockpit. Nothing matched (bought from auctions or jumbles).

I was advised to go an old, wizened man who made cables for motorbikes
who put together the 4 cables and fittings which have worked flawlessly
for over 20 years.

DIY is good, but finding little known backstreet craftsmen can be very
rewarding, too.

I still recount to people the awe I had at the sheer artistry of the man
who came along, measured and then converted the pile of steel tubing
from a scrapyard into a perfect 3-dimensional pushpit. If I could have
welded stainless, I'd have been there with masses of paper full of
calculations of angles and lengths. He just looked, measured and did it
on his path.
--
Bill

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
Thanks Dave. Mine is stranded although I agree a solid core one would be
better. Now I know what they are called will see if I can source them.

If you can find the correct sized outer, perhaps some piano wire as an
inner?

If it moves freely, a flexible type might be OK, though.

piano wire will rust.

On 21/05/18 05:17, FMurtz wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* wrote:
Thanks Dave. Mine is stranded although I agree a solid core one would be
better. Now I know what they are called will see if I can source them.

If you can find the correct sized outer, perhaps some piano wire as an
inner?

If it moves freely, a flexible type might be OK, though.

piano wire will rust.
Habent followed this BUT if you after a rist free bowden cable assembly
look no further than te model makers where nylon in polythene 'snakes'
are the order of the day to connect servos to control surfaces...

e.g. http://www.slecuk.com/balsa-wood/Snakes.html


--
You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a
kind word alone.

Al Capone