I used to make them out of telephone cords. Biggest challenge was applying a
ring terminal to the cable which would both carry a
shock load and not just crush than break the conductors crimped to the
ring terminal ends.
A key ring to
snap hook than often terminated it.
As opposed to attempting to
crimp to terminate a telephone
cord, one might have better success in making the phone
cord become a loop and finding something similar to say a #6 store bought brass ferrulle or even
Nicopress sleeve to ensure the loop stays in place as opposed to attempting to terminate the ends in a
crimp.
Much better ways than with a
crimp ring terminal. I would fold than
crimp to some extent two wires together before attempting to
crimp again a termnation.
This all said and even if phone
cord is for the most part cheap, it's cheapest yet just to buy something no doubt.
Otherwise if memory serves, the telephone cables did the loop that terminated in a eyelet based
snap hook on each end.
My cordless drill mostly uses the
safety cable. Has a shoulder holster the cordless normally goes into. The
safety snaps into one of it's eye rings for the belt. Been tested both in simulation and accident. On the drill, should I loose my balance, I do tend to
drop the drill and grab for
safety when I know there is a
lanyard. Without this, I tend save myself yet also hold onto the tool.
The
lanyard has more use than just dropping the tool on someone. It from drill to
C-wrench allows the user to
drop it and be assured they won't loose the tool. All while more importantly saving themselves from a fall. What is more important, you falling off a ladder but not letting go with a tool is a bad thing or grabbing the say ladder and not worrying about the tool.