Hi All
... here we go must keep the boss 'Martin' happy ?
I make a lot of small fittings out of Bell wire - which I purchase from (dare I advertise ?? well B & Q diy store - for our continental cousins & our cousins over the pond) you get about 25 metres for about ?4 which normally lasts me about a year - hooks, railings, rigging, uses endless.
First of all, I cut off about 300mm and strip the insulation off.
I then stretch the wire by fastening one end in the vice and gently pull with pliers on the other end, this gives a reasonably straight length of wire - now for the build of the shackle...If you look on the drawing, beside each diagram there is a piece made from copper wire- these are about 3 times the size of the actual shackle and at the bottom of the page (if you can make it out) you will see the exact sizes of the finished shackle which I made. ? On my latest model there are about 40 of these little shackles made just for the rigging alone.
Hope you understand all my garble.....
Aye
John E
Bluebird
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