My $0.02 on cable locks for kayaks and cars: For those who, like me, are both "motivationally challenged" and cheapskates, there's a nice way to acquire the equivalent of the Surelock cables. In fact I'm pretty sure I first read of it in this mailing list - and then I actually went out and did it! Amazing. I measured out the length of cable I'd need, went to my trusty local hardware store and bought the cable (steel, sheathed in heavy plastic) and a couple of heavy aluminum sleeves and also a padlock. At home, it was easy to form loops at the ends of my cable and crimp them in place using the aluminum sleeves (I used a vise to crimp the sleeves, but a heavy hammer would do just as well). Total cost was something like $8, total "construction time" was about 5 minutes. Trip to the hardware store - another 15 minutes. My thanks to whichever Paddlewiser first suggested this. - Bill Hansen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 28 1999 - 08:07:03 PDT
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