Cable terminal end cinch tools and methods

A system for applying a terminal end of a cable, the system comprising:

• a cable pulling clamp;
• a terminal end body for a cable;
• a wedge configured to be inserted into the terminal end body;
• and
• a cable terminal end cinch tool comprising:
• a base plate comprising a threaded rod support;
• a threaded rod inserted through an aperture of the threaded rod support;
• an adapter coupled to a first end of the threaded rod and configured to couple a torque tool to the threaded rod;
• an anchor coupled to the base plate and configured to couple the terminal end body to the cable terminal end cinch tool;
• and
• a cinch trolly slidebly coupled to the base plate via a groove in the base plate, the cinch trolly comprising:
• a protrusion configured to couple the cable pulling clamp to the cinch trolly;
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• one or more threaded nuts configured to threadably couple the cinch trolly to the threaded rod;
• wherein the cinch trolly is configured to move along the groove away from the anchor when the threaded rod is rotated by the torque tool, thereby pulling the cable away from the anchor via the cable pulling clamp and thereby cinching the cable and the wedge within the terminal end body.

A method of applying a terminal end to a cable, the method comprising:

• coupling a terminal end body to an anchor of a cable terminal end cinch tool;
• looping an end of a cable through the terminal end body;
• inserting a wedge into the terminal end body;
• attaching a cable pulling clamp to the cable and to a cinch trolly of the cable terminal end cinch tool;
• advancing the cinch trolly away from the anchor in order to cinch the cable and the wedge within the terminal end body;
• applying a cable clamp to the cable;
• removing the terminal end body from the anchor;
• placing the terminal end body on a torquing post of the cable terminal end cinch tool;
• and
• applying a predetermined amount of torque to the cable clamp.