Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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03/08/08 09:34 AM
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I picked up a hand swager at Lowes for $25. NOthing fancy but looked like it will do the job. I've seen em for much more, but what's the difference?
I thought for $25, I couldn't go wrong. I've got some supplies coming from Newt to make cable stakes and snares so I'll give it a try and see. I've seen where some just whack em' with a hammer, maby I'll end up doing that, but I'm one of those guys that likes the right tool for the job.
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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Yes they work great, just a bit cumbersome. I use to put one jaw of it in the vise to crimp stops. It was alright for a while but if you are going to do big numbers, go to the bench mount.
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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03/08/08 11:25 AM
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I have one and works good,like dead coyote said cumbersome. I looked at them. They appeared to be very cumbersome to opperate. You'd have to open them as wide as possible to get the ferrels in there, be hard to hold them open wide and hold the cable/ferral in place at the same time... I decided to save my $27 and put towards a good one someday when I decide to manufacture snares for sale, until that time, since they don't need to be pretty for my personal use, I'll stick to a hammer the ferrals and stops hold just as well. ~ADC~
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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Didn't someone have a pic of this model welded to their bench, where it worked one handed?
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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i saw one clamped down in a vise on a post not too long ago.
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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03/09/08 12:38 AM
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I've got one and I put in my vise and operate it one handed. It's not hard to do at all. Well worth the $100+ saved on a bench mounted one.
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Re: Hand Swager from Lowe's... any good? or junk?
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03/09/08 07:44 AM
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Good idea with the jig.
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