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nylon rope adjustment brackets??
"dave" wrote in message m... On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:38:39 -0500, Jason Washington wrote: With regular guy wires, we have metal turnbuckles to adjust tension in the wire, but what about for nylon? I recently built an antenna that uses nylon rope for antenna support at various spots. I need to adjust the tension in the nylon rope and I'd rather not use metal turnbuckles as there are a lot of spots that need adjustment and I don't want interaction with the antenna. What's the alternative? Thanks Is it Nylon or Dacron? Anyway, I just tie knots in mine. Why not just use the same system used on tents that use rain fly covers? Not sure how to describe it but you can find them on almost any light weight tent. Just use a bigger version. Most use light aluminum but heavy Plexiglas or Lexan would work just fine. |
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nylon rope adjustment brackets??
On Jan 9, 5:55*am, "Topaz305rk" wrote:
"dave" wrote in message m... On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:38:39 -0500, Jason Washington wrote: With regular guy wires, we have metal turnbuckles to adjust tension in the wire, but what about for nylon? *I recently built an antenna that uses nylon rope for antenna support at various spots. *I need to adjust the tension in the nylon rope and I'd rather not use metal turnbuckles as there are a lot of spots that need adjustment and I don't want interaction with the antenna. What's the alternative? *Thanks Is it Nylon or Dacron? Anyway, I just tie knots in mine. Why not just use the same system used on tents that use rain fly covers? Not sure how to describe it but you can find them on almost any light weight tent. Just use a bigger version. Most use light aluminum but heavy Plexiglas or Lexan would work just fine.. Here's a fancy version http://www.niteize.com/collections/figure-9 I've seen ones that are basically steel wire bent into an appropriate shape, and, of course, the 3 hole toggle kind: like these http://www.campmor.com/line-tighteners-2.shtml 8 for $2 The steel wire ones are basically a ring on one end, and a sort of dual slot thing, hard to describe in words. Functionally identical to the campmor ones. And, there's another scheme with two overlapped rings, like you use for tightening a strap or buckle. |
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nylon rope adjustment brackets??
On Jan 9, 6:26*pm, Jim Lux wrote:
On Jan 9, 5:55*am, "Topaz305rk" wrote: "dave" wrote in message om... On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:38:39 -0500, Jason Washington wrote: With regular guy wires, we have metal turnbuckles to adjust tension in the wire, but what about for nylon? *I recently built an antenna that uses nylon rope for antenna support at various spots. *I need to adjust the tension in the nylon rope and I'd rather not use metal turnbuckles as there are a lot of spots that need adjustment and I don't want interaction with the antenna. What's the alternative? *Thanks Is it Nylon or Dacron? Anyway, I just tie knots in mine. Why not just use the same system used on tents that use rain fly covers? Not sure how to describe it but you can find them on almost any light weight tent. Just use a bigger version. Most use light aluminum but heavy Plexiglas or Lexan would work just fine. Here's a fancy versionhttp://www.niteize.com/collections/figure-9 I've seen ones that are basically steel wire bent into an appropriate shape, and, of course, the 3 hole toggle kind: like thesehttp://www.campmor.com/line-tighteners-2.shtml* 8 for $2 The steel wire ones are basically a ring on one end, and a sort of dual slot thing, hard to describe in words. *Functionally identical to the campmor ones. And, there's another scheme with two overlapped rings, like you use for tightening a strap or buckle.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When I was in the Air Force we had some that didnt look too far away from a dog bone insulator if you use your imagination a bit. I made some for tarp tie downs by welding some nuts on the the end of some steel rods. The threads in the nuts gave it a really good grip. Jimmie |
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