swage terminals: metric vs imperial
 

A practical question for rigging experts.

I have 9/32" and 1/4" swage terminals which I want to swage to 7mm and 6 mm metric wire.
9/32"=7.1 mm so the difference is not that big.. but 1/4"=6.3 mm - 0.3mm is substantial difference. I am not too familiar with the swaging process - is it safe to try something like this or not? I am quite positive that .1 mm is fine for 9/32" terminals , but not sure about 1/4" on 6 mm wire

thanks in advance.

Call the swage fitting manufacturer, and the swage machine manufacturer,


that said, as long as you use the dies for the standard cable its probably fine, but I do not know.

make the phone calls, for a sure answer

9/32" wire is virtually the same diameter as 7mm wire. Don't think that's a problem.
But I would not recommend swaging a 1/4" terminal onto 6mm wire and using it for standing rigging.
Perhaps if you used a diamond dust or something and ran it through the machine a couple of times with the same orientation and it was use in an application where it wouldn't be tested. Like maybe a ground level architectural railing or something.

I still would pull test it before trusting it.

What kind of machine are you using?