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05-20-2006, 08:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: watching jasoninaugusta's avatar
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|  Winch wire I was at lowes today, and i found this 1/16 ( i think) steel wire. It looks perfeect for a winch. It doesnt bend well, and it looks scale! and its 27 cents per foot! |
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05-20-2006, 09:00 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: fort bragg, ca (NOR-CAL)
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| sweet, i'm not shure what people use for winch wire, but i was thinking bike brake cables. they are super strong, thats what my toe cable is made out of. colin |
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05-20-2006, 09:52 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Rockwell, NC
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| You also could use piano wire or a heavy spiderwire fishing line. |
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05-20-2006, 10:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saginaw
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| I would use braided fishing line, like Spiderwire as HaPtOAD mentioned, instead of actual wire. It would be more flexible, and won't kink. |
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05-20-2006, 11:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: igloo, Alaska
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| spiderwire by far. Super light and super strong for what it is |
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05-21-2006, 10:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SoCal
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| X's 4 for the Spiderwire |
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04-22-2007, 12:03 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Apache Junction
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|  winch cable i found that the cable used on large ucontrol airplanes is very flexible and thin less than 1/16th dia. which is what i use . i used a lead crush sleeve that is used on model sailboats and gives you a good scale look |
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04-22-2007, 12:24 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Clovis, NM
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| Guitar strings, just pick your size. |
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04-22-2007, 02:58 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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| tiger wire... its jewellery wire, i use it on my winch and it works great! its steel braided and the stuff i use if i remember correctly is .064" thick... googler results: http://www.beads4u.com.au/product_in...5f71a1e00d4459 http://www.mamasminerals.com/page/MM/PROD/JWS-TIGER |
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04-22-2007, 09:39 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Deer Park
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| The only problem with brake cables is they kink fairly easily |
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04-22-2007, 12:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In da 801 "AKA Tiny"
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