How to Select the Right Steel Cable - Buying Guide for Wire Rope and Aircraft Cable

Tyler explains the differences between a wide variety of cable, and why you would buy one over the other. Stay until the end of the video where Tyler will address popular myths about cable.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Cable Construction Types
02:22 - Cable Materials and Coating Types
03:55 - Addressing Common Cable Myths
05:06 - Outro

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PLAYLISTS

[heckyes]

What an interesting channel. I don't even need to rig anything and yet I wanna buy one of everything from their store.

[robwhite]

So good Tyler. I always learn so much from your vids. Thank you!

[ahmedhaiba-ngdz]

What is the Best type for gym equipment

[anthonylawlor]

What’s the best paint to clean up slightly rusted ss railing cable

[bevylaw]

How do you make sure you have the proper rating and calculate working strength and breaking strength?

[aviviapatrick]

Can wire rope be used as an outdoor curtain rod?

[undertheradar]

Hi, I am going to use wire rope chokers for climbing anchors set up high in trees (single person), they may be left there for 2 years at a time.
What type and diameter should I buy? Thanks, Loved the video.

[alageshan]

Great information.
When and where are left hand lay ropes used.when where and what are Lang lay wire rope used for? Thanks

[davidgrassl]

What cable would be best putting up a border fence for dogs?

[lovetheNorml]

I got 8x19 elevator cable, is that stronger and more flexible than airplane grade?
If I'm understanding I got it for free and don't know much about cable it's 3/8 but i wanna rig it to pull stumps. Thanks

[brandonwyatt]

What size diameter of cable and type would you recommend for a 500' zipline?

[scottf]

Great video. How do I determine what size cable to use based on what I’m hoisting? Going to be hanging ~150-200 pounds from the ceiling of my garage using a ceiling hoist. Lifting a pallet that will remain overhead, so it needs to be safe. What size and type will work best?

[sujanmaharjan]

What would be best for 1200m zipline?
What would be capacity of 18mm cable?

[sandstree]

My church has a paved parking lot and we need to run a power line 150' to the marquis sign from another pole that has a timer on the parking lot lights that are a 110 volt we and can not do under ground, my question is what cable can we stretch that far to put an electrical wire over to the sign?

[keithcarpenter]

I need a good cable that will not brake . 1/8 cable for my brake foot paddle in my mail car what will work best for me

[thomasparkinson]

I am trying to support a 4 x 6 balcony to my house. What type of cable and other materials do I need?

[jvs]

Looking for a light duty cable to hang in a tree. Local national named hardware store has a 7x7, 1/16”, 100’ cable with a description “Heavy duty Electrogalvanized steel” cable for $19.00 & a regular galvanized cable that is the same length and price without the Electogalvanizing. I checked out the descriptions of Electogalvanized on the internet and it sounds like it goes through an additional process and should be more expensive. What is Electogalvanizing and do think the company advertising their cable as being Electogalvanized is just using that term loosely or is the consumer actually getting a good deal buying a cable that has Electogalvanizing process for the same price as a cable with out that process?

[ArtSailing]

Hi.
For some reason cant find any info for the strent of 7/19 compared with 1/19 stainless wire.
I have spliced a lot of 7/19 on a merchant ships.
Think to splice the rigg on my 7 tones sailboat from 7/19 as I like to do it by myself.
Any calculations for replacing 1/19 with 7/19?
Thanks!