Speedo cable route / advice

[Blackthou]

There's a video on YouTube re same thing. Chap milled 2 x 90degree grooves in a couple of blocks then clamped them together.
4'10" was about man 1" too short for mine whichever way I went. Bought 5'1" and seems too long - just. Can't understand why BSA couldn't do it properly. The angle at the Speedo head is both poor and tight.

[JulianS]

It takes a lot of force to forge the cable ends square so they will not unravel, a big hammer and a suitable die help.

The special tool is shown below, the threaded bit is hollow, having selected the correct die, put the cable end in it, the threaded bit is screwed down to hold it then the plunger is smartly struck with a lump hammer and in theory you get a squared cable. Grind the end with a radius to go into the drive or instrument.

Never got to use it, now has a new owner.