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Re: Seeking: Yakima foot rest
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 10/30/2011, 4:45 am
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Yakima foot rest (Bill Hamm)

: Btw, these fittings require a swaging tool to use, not something
: you'll have at home, they are very expensive. You can though
: order cables pre-swaged. Most are done with Nico-press fittings,
: much less expensive and the basic tool is something like $15.

: Bill H.

That is correct if you need the full strength to hold up a mast in a gale, but for the strains a kayak is imposing on the unit I find bedding it in epoxy and squeezing it in the vice works just fine.

Et

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Seeking: Yakima foot rest
jwuts -- 10/29/2011, 5:00 pm
Re: Seeking: Yakima foot rest *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/29/2011, 5:35 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/29/2011, 5:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2011, 2:23 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/30/2011, 4:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2011, 1:54 am
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Al Edie -- 11/2/2011, 8:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/3/2011, 2:22 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/3/2011, 5:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/3/2011, 6:48 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/4/2011, 6:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/4/2011, 6:28 pm
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Reg Lake -- 10/29/2011, 6:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2011, 2:21 am
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george jung -- 10/31/2011, 2:18 pm