u/Dmitri-Ixt

Hello! New to the sub, but this seems like the best place to get answers from real experience.

I build cable at work reasonably regularly, but always using galvanized cable and copper sleeves. We only have manual swagers, but we're working on 1/16" to 1/4" cable, and the 1/4" is only rarely. I'm very comfortable working within those limits, but I have a special project that I would LIKE to do with stainless cable and stainless sleeves.

I was under the impression that stainless sleeves couldn't be swaged with the simple mechanical tools, only with hydraulic or electric ones, as mere flesh is too weak. But Nicopress explicitly lists hand tools for every size of stainless sleeve. I'm hoping to work in 3/16", but I could come down a bit if it lets me actually do the project with the tools available. 🤷

So my question is: is this really feasible? If I try to swage 5/32" stainless with a 51-M-850, it's it going to require Herculean strength or damage the tool, or is it a plausible thing?

Thanks for any insights you can give me!

I just got a new KR4 (with NTG35 4200K), aluminum body, LumeX1, and a stainless bezel. I'm finding that after I've been carrying the light for a few minutes or a couple of hours, I'll find the button isn't functioning at all. I'll have to loosen the head or tail until it fully breaks connection, then tighten (extremely tight, naturally) after which it works normally. For a while. Then it stops reacting to button presses again. This is happening whether I keep it unlocked, or in lockout mode. I'm finding I sometimes need to do this a couple of times in the course of a day. I'm generally really happy with this light, but it's currently...pretty unreliable. I don't want to give up on it, and is like to see if there's a way for me to fix it before I go back to Hank for a replacement tail cap or something.

I have tried:

--Making sure it's extremely tight. I think I have it as tight as is realistic, and it works fine when I first close it up, so I don't think this is the problem

--Factory reset. I had to do the loosen-and-tighten version at one point since it wouldn't register 13H, but at least it registered me holding the button for this.

--Cleaning threads and contacts.

Could the problem be I need to relubricate the threads? That's the only thing I haven't kept up on, though I have some Superlube on the way. It feels as though the light is naturally loosening itself over the course of a few hours after I tighten it.