Review on 🔗 Senmit 1/8 Stainless Steel Aircraft Wire Rope for Deck Cable Railing Kit - 500 Feet T 316 Marine Grade + Cable Cutter Included! by David Dortch

Disclaimer - this review will be copied/pasted to another Senmit item as the review reflects the entire railing system we use to reflect TL;DR - buy, save money, pat yourself on the back with tired hands. If I need cable railings in the future they will be used instead of a ridiculously expensive brand you see elsewhere (Feney, Atlantis etc etc). I can buy a decent used car with the money we saved on Senmit's stuff. Also, be prepared for all of your wife's friends to praise your big beautiful deck, perv. While this product isn't perfect, I can work around a few minor issues to save 80 percent on some of the more popular options. We'll have about 1,300 feet of cable and 270 or so connections when we're done with our deck, so a decent experience having never used a cable track before. Our total cost for the cable/lag bolts/crimping tool would be around $850, while the option I *think* we'd end up with would cost around $3700. You Save Thousands of Dollars: It's very nice to have a helper. My dad helped out with about 2/3 of the work, but that's exactly what happens when 2+2=5 when it comes to labor multipliers. It helps with measuring/cutting wire, crimping lugs, screwing in lugs etc etc. Definitely not required, just helps a lot and can bring you a drink if requested. - Your hands will kill you. Overcome it by drinking beer and enjoying the clear view, pansies. But then again, this deck is pretty big, so a design flaw on my part I guess. YMMV.- We used exactly the hydraulic crimper sold by Senmit. It seems to work fairly well and is of reasonable quality, but the crimps tend to bend the lag screw at the crimping point fairly constantly. This is easily fixed by placing the unthreaded end of the lag bolt (compressed of course) in a vise and tapping it lightly with a hammer until it straightens out. Even after that, when tightened fairly tightly, all of the clamps seem to hold up well enough to support the weight of stout toddlers. The little tool they send with the screws works well enough, but you have to pry it off. shape from time to time as the teeth move apart and round a bit. Again, hammer and vise are your friends, just be sensible. STUCK THIS TURNIP SECURELY to save your booger pickers. This will soften those repetitive twisting motions that will later make your flexible, non-calloused fingers moan. - The cord cutter that comes with the cord reel sucks. It works and cuts the cord well enough that at least you don't have to buy one. I threw away the free ones and used the best quality I already had. - Assemble jig to accurately and quickly replicate lag screw location on all racks, dummy. - The drill they send with the lag screws is useful and sharp enough. It has a nice thin point at the end that keeps the bit from slipping off the harder wood fibers. I was very happy with it so definitely not on the 'Bad' list, it's just that I got lazy and realized I won't make a 'Good' list as the results for speak oneself.