Muzata20 Pack 1/8" Cable Railing Hardware Kit Swage Lag Screws Left and Right Handed Thread for Wood Post T316 Stainless Steel Deck Cable Railing System 10 Pairs CK17

This is the 4th deck I have done with wire rails and painted pressure treated 4x4's. The ends work very well and the wire rails allows a clear view out from the deck. Yes there are some nicer looking systems but they are hugely expensive. A very good quality product for a good price. Buy a cheap crimper, some wire, and the ends and you can do a deck rail in a matter of a few hours. Very easy learning curve--you don't need to worry if this will come out looking good. I used Muzata wire as well as it is very reasonably priced and readily available.

Fantastic value and build. After watching a few Youtube install vids, I found these to be fairly straightforward. I crimped with bolt-cutters and IMO, the look is great. Sure, a flatter crimp may look better but who's inspecting at that level. These sleeves are pretty thin and streamlined. And for the record, a bolt cutter crimp will hold! I miss-measured my 1st cable and thought maybe I could hammer out the crimp. No way! I tried everything and that cable was not coming out. Since I had limited cable, I wound up taking a Dremel with a cutting disc and dissecting the sleeve to get the cable out. These things are bullet proof. Next time I'll just have extra cable! Anyway ... the only thing I wish the manufacturer supplied (besides wrench) would be a chart for how to measure cable length based on span & stretch. It was a bit of trial and error but I nailed it on the 2nd one. For a 12ft span, I trimmed my cable by 1.25". That allowed my screws so penetrate the post with zero thread showing and piano-string tight. Lastly, one YouTuber had a great tip. If you have 7 runs of cable to do. Do every other one first so you'll have more room to tighten the bolts without hitting the run above and below. And most importantly, pre-drill the holes with your swage screws mounted in the drill. Run it in and out a few times so the tensioning process is smoother! You'll be happy you did.

Great product! Arrived un damaged. Looks great. Don’t full with using the supplied drill bit. Has to be the most dull bit I’ve ever tried to use

I put in about 1300 foot of stainless 1/8 cable using these left/right swage lags. The trick is to build a template for your 4 inch spacing (3.5 inches in actuality) and make sure you drill strait (that’s the hard part). Muzata would do well to make and sell an aluminum jig/template that one could utilize to ensure strait drilling. I made one out of 1x4. It worked but you could definitely drill crooked if not careful. Also, the little wrench muzata supplies sucks. I bent mine pretty quick and it was very, very difficult to find a wrench short enough and small enough to work. There was no place to order a second wrench from muzata. But, all in all I really liked the product. This process is. Dry labor intensive but Much cheaper and simpler than others.

The media could not be loaded. A need for creating a deck like this! Durable, easy to use, and a great price! Highly recommend!

I installed these on a tree house I built for my kids. I used manual bolt cutters to do my crimping instead of spending $80 on a hydraulic crimper that I would likely never use again. After cutting one of the bolts right off, I learned the stopping point and it worked perfectly for the rest of the job. The hydrraulic crimpers may have made a slightly cleaner mark on the bolt but after all, it's a tree house and I think it looks good!A time saving tip I learned along the way. After pre drilling, use the drill to initially install the bolts. I slid each bolt into my drill like it was a drill bit. Drilled it into the hole and then released my drill from the bolt. I installed all of the bolts before going back to add the cable. This saved me a ton of time as trying to install the bolts with a wrench was time consuming and frustrating.Other than that, so far so good.

what a slick system!

Pay close attention to the thread twist. There is a left and right.