securing wire rope at right angles

[njl]

Thanks Ian.

Most square lashing diagrams I see use a clove hitch for beginning and end. I'm concerned that a clove hitch wouldn't hold well in the single strand wire "small stuff". That's why I was thinking a Clamptite version might work better since it ends with the beginning bight and two ends of wire locked together. How would you start and end a square lashing using single strand wire?

The application is for an architectural model project I'm working on. In the component I'm designing, two lengths of wire rope are secured to each other at their center. This 90 degree connection slides into a cross shaped slot cut into the end of a spar. The spar is stepped like a mast and the four lines are tensioned like shrouds to position the spar in the air.

Non-slipping is important and a lashing would be better since it would have a lower profile and preserve wire strength. On the other hand the cross clamp would allow easier adjustment while I iron everything out.