I'm wondering about the copper sleeves and hand swaging tool. Will these swages hold up under close hauled loads or in a puff? Anyone have any idea what the acceptable loads for these would be? Maybe eriggingsupply?I ordered some 1x19 3/32" stainless cable after locating a swedging tool at Lowe's this morning. (item#45915, four sizes of crimp, under $30) I'll have plenty of cable, as the roll is 200' long. Maybe some locals will need some too. The cable is coming from eriggingsupply.com. They also sell the copper sleeves. A box of 100 is under $10 I think.
I have a 92 Mod II and wanted more storage. I read about other people who had removed the fiberglass sleeve and added a door, basically reverting it to the Mod I configuration, and wanted to give it a try. I also wanted a frame to mount a battery in since I use a trolling motor. I also ran wire from the cubby under the seats and installed a 12V outlet near the motor mount. Here's some pictures of how it turned out:
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My next step is to make a door, I'll take more pics once that's done.