Economical Cable Gripper Device That Saved the Day

I have a 5 foot retaining wall with dirt behind it. The wall was starting to lean and needed a support to prevent it from leaning any further. I decided on adding support cable to help support the wall. The cables needed to be tightened to remove any slack. I built this simple device and used a hand come-a-long to supply the force to tighten the cables.

The tools required to build this tool is drill press, hack saw, bench grinder, angle grinder, and welder.

See drawings for material required. Build size of device according to the thickness of cable you be dealting with.