Another really nice way to do it is to spin the cable in your fingers, while lightly pressing the end against a spinning grinding wheel -- a bench grinder. Works fine, and haven't had one come apart.
Steve Dahlquist Velochrome Frameset Painting V 559-592-6367 F 559-592-2585 C 559-967-3318 steve@velochrome.com 22582 Carson Avenue Exeter, California 93221 http://www.Velochrome.com
----- Original Message ----- From: Philcycles@aol.com To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Shift wires
In a message dated 11/25/03 8:46:09 AM, parisbrest@mchsi.com writes:
>I have run out of "vintage" shift wires for my Simplex retrofriction
shifters.
>The road style end plug on wires at my LBS are a third larger than Simplex
>shifters will accept. Have any of you encountered this problem or know
>a source for Simplex shift wires? I really don't want to ream out these
>shifters.
>
>
Hah, a subject with which I am well aquainted. I take a cable, put it in a
vise with the end sticking up over the jaws a bit (you'll figure out how much
pretty easily), chuck a grinding stone up in the Dremel and just go around and
around until the end is the right size. Use a stone, not a cutter. You can also
file them down but the Dremel method gets them rounder.
Phil Brown
Wishing for a warm SoCal day in San Rafael, Calif.
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