[SML] Rotation-Resistant Cable

[Bruce Bennett]

19x7 is pretty uncommon in theatre and the Mil-Specs at Nicopress don’t
talk about it.
Nicopress does make an oval sleeve for non-rotating cable, but it is for
XLT4, a completely different wire rope construction.
I expect you can do it, with the big question being termination efficiency.
Finding a number on that won‘t come easy unless you are going with the type
of fittings, swagging tools and methods used for construction lifting,
instead of the nicopress-style approach.
Interestingly it seems 19x7 is nominally not as strong as 7x19 and there’s
a trade-off for the additional flexibility.

Bruce

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 09:37 Tom Hackman via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Howdy-
> I am looking to replace the wire rope on a cheap hoist in our scene shop
> used for positioning and flipping materials. The current cable is 5/32 or
> 3/16 rotation-resistant wire rope. Can the rotation-resistant stuff be
> swaged in the same fashion/tools as standard 9x17 wire rope?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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