Can someone recommend a reasonably priced and effective Swagger tool for cable stops.

I use hammer and anvil.

You can get a swager from any store that sells fencing supplies fairly reasonably. I rigged up a pipe to slide one arm in to mzkf if a one handed operation.

Ended up getting bench mounted swager as it makes mass production of snares, extensions and drowners a lot smoother as it has a built in cable cutter

Lowe’s, Home Depo Cary these. The bracket was from a picture I found on here 10-15 years ago just copied it. Just like loading bullets in a press only need one hand the other can hold the cable.



Western Wildlife Services

If you can afford a good swagger?
The ARM Bench Swagger made in Japan. Is a very nice one!! They cost about 215,00 $$

I also use a hammer and anvil. The anvil has an inverted V weld on one edge for crimping ferrules an stops:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-18-in-Tool/5001597975?idProductFound=false&idExtracted=false

Rickey

That is genius!

$47.49 from Vevor

The best part about my setup there is the small bolt cutters fit into it too, so doing trap mods, I Like shock springs it’s easy to cut chain too. I don’t have enough space ever so anything that is dual purpose is a huge plus.

Western Wildlife Services.

I am impressed.

Will these work on cables for DP traps.

I dont trust the swaged ferrells-had a couple pop off from big wolves.Scrapped those and started hammering my own.
You will never have that problem with hammered and crosspunched ferrells.

Yes. It's what I use down in the creek bottoms. Half-hitch them to a small tree. I make em about 5 to 6 feet long. Never an issue. Coons focus on DP on their foot.....not the cable.

They should work fine, Boco , not sure what the problem was with yours? I have held bears and lions in 3/32 cable swaggered with this setup. I know wolves fight a trap but bears are hard on them too. These bears and cougars have been caught in bobcat and coyote sets, not intending on the bigger stuff. I have full confidence in my system.

Western Wildlife Services.

Just my past experience wws with some snares I purchased.
They might have been made to let go at a certain force- crap whatever they were.
I dont want snares that come apart.

Thanks guys. Lots of good info.

Should always inspect cables that you or someone else made.

If you did have release ferrules on a snare, its a pretty distinctive mark thats much different from a normal swagged ferrule. Properly swaged ferrules should have the strength of at least 50% of the working load of the cable IIRC

The way I do mine they are stronger than the cable.
Far superior to swaged for my use.

KISS . . . 3 lb hammer and steel block.

Get 'er done.