Muzata 2 Pack Upgraded Custom Socket Wrench for 1/8" Invisible Cable Railing Kit Hardware Hidden Tensioner on Wood Metal Posts for Cable Railing System CT16

If product Was made with better metal or have the product have a longer nipple the product would work easier. I used Vaseline to help me screw in the screw and was very careful where I put my pressure on the tool to tighten the screw

I normally dont write reviews, but I'll make am exception for this expensive piece of junk! Extremely overpriced, however necessary to install hidden fasteners. Built using cheap, pliable steel! The steel separates and becomes non-usable after just a few fastener installs. Couldnt even install 3 10' cables without it becoming defective. Going to have to find another solution mid project, couldnt be more disappointed!

A must have for cable work.

Though others complain about poor tool steel and flaring, I had no such issue. My issue was poor instructions. I used the lag style connectors and found the 10 mm larger opening to be too small such that it caught the tool and did not allow it to follow the lag. I also learned that if my second crimp was close to the lag flats for the tool and lined up with those flats, the tool would slide on further and grab better. My posts were old yellow pine and quite hard so I also used a slightly larger pilot bit.

I picked all the swedgless hidden fittings. Was a pain in the butt but I think it all turned out great. The hidden fittings will all be hard to install but worth it. Good luck and don't be discouraged by homeowners who dont know anything

It's a simple tool, overpriced from a product material and quality perspective, but essential if you are using the Muzata hidden cable fittings. Other reviews complain about the tool end flaring in use. It would be helpful if it came with user tips, but it didn't. This approach worked for me (and I avoided flaring as I did 21 runs of cable (it took 24 tries to get 21 right):1. Hold the assembled fitting up against your post face and test the range for the fitting. Plan carefully, once you attach the fittings to the cable, it's a done deal.2. After drilling the cable channel hole (that goes all the way through the post), I inserted this tool into the post from both sides and turned the tool slowly while pushing it into the post, to be sure the passage was clear all the way through.3. Use compressed air or a pipe cleaner/bottle brush to clear debris from the drilled cable passage.4. Put this tool over the threaded end of the fitting (after you have swaged that end securely onto the cable), and secure it over the square part of the fitting. Push the fitting into the post, holding the cable securely in the tool channel. Stop when the fitting end reaches the proper depth (the cable should be relatively taught by this point).5. Insert the other end of the fitting into the post. Use the allen wrench to thread that end onto the threaded end and tighten it. Try and hold the socket wrench tool steady and tighten the fitting on the allen wrench side, not from the threaded side.

This is the second one of these I have had to purchase in order to complete a very simple cable railing installation. The first one broke after a short period of use in exactly the same way as this replacement, pictured above. It is an extremely low quality cast metal I believe mixed with aluminum or some other soft metal and it shears off under The very minor hand tightening pressure needed to tension the cable rails. It's junk. Don't buy it.

Not sure why this tool didn't just come with the fittings. Although it works and a definite need to have for the fittings.

Tool broke right away, made of white metal, had to fabricate one from steel to finish the job

As noted by other reviewers this tool is massively overpriced and of inferior quality. End flares after minimal use or else tool shaft shatters altogether. I went through seven of these ( supplied with swage lag screw kits). The tool is a necessity for Muzata invisible systems, hence the exorbitant price. Got to the point where I had no confidence in being able to apply any tension to the system without breakage. AVOID.

L'outil parfait pour un travail de qualité. Bravo!