Rudder Cable Connection

Here are two photos of the actual swaging of the rudder pedal cables as they're connected to the bracket that will provide a base for the rudder.

The red paint marks the position of the cable against slippage as it doubles back around the horseshoe-shaped fitting and through a small piece of a rather soft metal.  This will soon be squeezed (swaged) into very tight contact with the two cable segments. It did slip, as cable wrapped around like this is likely to do. But recovery was easy with the marks I'd made. Once swaged, the two cable segments are fixed in position forevermore.

The bottom photo shows the actual swaging of the rudder cable into its loop, for connection to the left hand hole in the rudder mounting bracket, which can turn 30 degrees in either direction, also turning the rudder. These cables come from the rudder pedals in the cockpit. This is a swaging tool, where you put it over the metal to be squeezed, and tighten the bolts to deform the metal around the two cables.