Making a cable system for espalier trees
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Making a cable system for espalier trees
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Plot 117
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How I attached stainless steel cables to fence posts. We're going to train fruit trees along the cables – a process called 'espalier'.
This involved attaching 3mm stainless steel wire rope to turnbuckles, using cable grips. Then attaching four rows of cable to fence posts, and tightening it ready for fruit trees.
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Eye bolts, turnbuckles and grips
02:18 Attaching the cable
07:18 The finished cable system
07:42 Cost and equipment list
08:30 Summing up
Equipment list:
65m wire rope, stainless steel 3mm, 7x19 – £49
32 wire rope grips, stainless steel, 3mm – £23
8 hook-eye turnbuckles, stainless steel, 6mm (shorter run) – £19
8 hook-eye turnbuckles, stainless steel, 8mm (longer run) – £32
32 wood screw eye bolts, stainless steel, 6x60mm – £47
Total: £170
From https://www.s3i.co.uk/
Prices correct at around September 2023.
The cable cutters are C.K Cable Cutters 8 1/4" (210mm) from Screwfix.
A helpful guide from the RHS – https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/apples/starti...
September 2023.