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    More than three crimps on 1/4" aircraft cable

    Thank you. Some more googling and inspecting the suspect (4 crimp) terminations makes it clear that the tool used has a much narrower jaw than the nicopress tool. I know from a discussion with the installer that they used loos and co. copper sleeves and a nicopress swaging tool to make the...
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    More than three crimps on 1/4" aircraft cable

    I keep running across wire rope terminations that have been made with 4 crimps instead of 3. I am well aware that 3 crimps is what is prescribed for nicopress copper sleeves but loos and co. say 4 crimps for their sleeves. Is there any difference between loos and co. sleeves and nicopress...
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