Oh My - what a drama - new swaging failure

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
Bananas? If that rigger let those out of the shop, it seems like one more reason to suspect overall quality. And by the way, a third pass, in addition to hardening the wire, will likely make it lopsided, which calls for a fourth pass...
The machine was definitely way out of whack, which means that the swager kept swaging until it was so loose that wires started failing. This does not speak volumes in terms of quality control. There is not usually a big margin in rigging, and I offer this advice with sympathy, but I believe that the honorable thing for the rigger to do is either give you a new gang with the reconditioned machine, or give you a full refund, so you can seek out a better gang.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss