Muzata WoodEasy Cable Railing System User Guide

Muzata WoodEasy Cable Railing System

Overview

WoodEasy is a beginner-friendly cable railing system for wood frame decks and stairs. All the parts are made of marine-grade stainless steel. The terminals are designed to be multi-angle for easy installing, which is ideal for both level and any angle railings.

Components

Posts

4″x 4″ or larger wood posts

Notes

• It is recommended to buy wood posts from local stores since it will be cheaper without freight and packaging fee.
• This system also works for your existing wood frame. Just replace the infilling with cable railing materials.

Cable infilling solutions

Here are two terminal options for your choice. Each of them has two optional colors, natural color and black.

Option one

Option 2

Wire ropes

The following cables could work for this system

WR01
T304 stainless steel wire rope 1/8”

WR02
T316 stainless steel wire rope 1/8”

WR17
Black vinyl coated T304 stainless steel wire rope 1/8” thru 3/16”. For both indoor and outdoor projects.

WR19
Blackened T316 stainless steel wire rope 1/8”. Only for indoor projects.

Notes

• We have two ways of packing. Wire rope in reel would be easier to control after you open it while wire rope in roll is cheaper.
• The cable in roll is recommended to open in a bucket, which could help to control the cable as it expands.
• 1/8” are recommended for code compliance in most states.
• We also have wire ropes with 5/32″ or 3/16″ size, vinyl-coated cables, blacken cables for your choice. Please search “muzata WP1″ to find more. And remember that you should use terminals of the same size to go with wire ropes. For example, 1/8″ cable should go with 1/8” terminals.

Cable terminals
Cable terminals will fix the cable on posts and fasten the cable to get enough tension as safeguards. Please check the following images to see where and how they are used for.

Cable railing kit
CK07- Swage toggle turnbuckle 0-180° multi-angle cable railing kit for wood posts. CK08 – Swage turnbuckle 0-180° multi-angle cable railing kit for wood posts.

Level protector sleeve
CR13 – To protect the level holes

Angle protector sleeve
CR68 – To protect the angle holes

Natural: CR65 CR66 CR67 CR75

Black: CR65 CR66 CR67

Adhesive sleeve
CR65/CR66/CR67/CR75 – To cover the level holes

Notes
Concrete wall – if you need to install terminals on concrete/brick/stone walls please use our expansion tensioner CB25 (1/8”) / CB26(3/16”)

1. Terminal-CK07+Tensioner-CK07
2. CR13+CR13
3. Terminal-CK07+Tensioner-CK07
4. Terminal-CK07+Terminal-CK07
5. Tensioner-CK07
6. CR68+CR68
7. Terminal-CK07+Tensioner-CK07
8. Terminal-CK07+Tensioner-CK07

Tools

Cable cutter CT15
For cable cutting Hydraulic hand crimper CT01
For swaging the terminals Drill guide CT19
Help you to drill accurate angle holes.

Optional components

Post cap WT06 Foot cover WT07

How to find the products?

1. Click on the model number with link (Blue) on this file to open the web page
2. Search “muzata + model number”, like muzata CK07

Installation

Things to Know Before You Get Started

• Please consult your local office for building codes and make sure you know all the requirements of the codes. Some states might have special rules of their own. You should choose carefully to comply with them. We can’t promise everything to comply with all the codes of every state.
• It is recommended to do some planning work and estimate a budget. Please contact us if you need help with that. You might want to buy a few more materials than expected since some materials could be used by operation mistakes. Especially swage terminals and wire ropes.
• It is suggested to be 2 person project.
• When electric instruments (Electric drill, Cutting Machine) are used in the installation process, please be careful.

Cable infilling installation

General steps

Swage terminal
Install the cable end into the fix end terminal of CK07. Swage the terminal tight enough to fix the cable by hydraulic hand crimper CT01. Crimp twice to make sure the cable won’t slip out while tightening.

Install fix end terminal
Install the terminal to the post by lag screws.

Install tensioner
Install the tensioner to the post, and expand the tensioner.

Measure and cut
Draw the cable to te other end, leave a suitable room and cut it off.

Swage tensioner
Unscrew the crimping part of the tensioner. Then place the cable end into the tensioner. Swage the terminal tight enough to fix the cable by hydraulic hand crimper CT01. Make sure the cable won’t slip out while tightening. Tighten the cable to proper tension with the attached wrench or a screw driver

Tensioning
Tighten the cable to proper tension with Allen wrench

Intermediate posts related

Level intermediate posts

Drill straight holes with a 7mm drill bit and the drill guide CT19

1. Put CR13 in
2. Let the cable goes through

Angle intermediate posts

1. Choose the closest angle on the drill guide according to your stair angle.
2. Drill accurate angle holes with CT19 ****
3. Put CR68/CR67 in
4. Let the cable goes through

Corner solution

Single post

Option 1： Use two terminals on adjacent sides of the post.

Option 2: An adjacent pre-drilled post to go with 2 protector sleeves CR69 to bear force and let the cable go through the corner. The size of corner post must no less than 4″ x 4″.

Two posts

Option 1: End the cable line at the corner and start a new one

Option 2: Use level protector sleeve CR13 to bear force and the the cable go through the two posts with a 45° angle.

Notes

1. Please follow the sequence to tighten the cables as shown in the left image.
2. For swage tensioners, please preserve some tensioning range in case the cable gets loose due to temperature change in years.
3. Install infilling on stairs is pretty much the same as level sections.
4. If your local building code requires 4″ sphere test, The tension is recommended to be around 200 lbs to pass the test. You can buy a tension gauge online or local store.

Reach us
If you are a beginner or not sure about how to do it. Please feel free to contact us. Our experts can do all the planning, designing and budget work for you without extra charging. Then you can follow the shopping list to buy all the materials in 3 minutes.

Congratulations You’re done !

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