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| raynerd:
Rob we posted at the same time...very wierd considering the thread hasn`t been updated for about 20 days!! Thanks mate, I`m getting there...taking longer than I ever imagined but now I have it "running" it is hard work getting it looking right! |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: craynerd on October 01, 2011, 03:09:38 PM --- Looks much better down you think without the top piece?? WHAT AN IDIOT I AM!! The holder is kept whole so that the line can go around the pulley, up over a pulley on the main clock and back down and tie onto the centre of the top of the holder!!! Can anyone see a fix around it? --- End quote --- It does look much better without the top piece, even despite the :doh: All I can think of is: Make the pulley retaining screw longer, so a portion sticks out of the other side of the holder, and make a fancy brass hook which the extended end also screws into, and which (obviously) gives you a hook you can tie your string off to. If you make (or find/buy) a really ornate looking hook, no-one will ever suspect it's hiding a bodge up :D |
| jgroom:
--- Quote from: craynerd on October 01, 2011, 03:09:38 PM --- Looks much better down you think without the top piece?? WHAT AN IDIOT I AM!! The holder is kept whole so that the line can go around the pulley, up over a pulley on the main clock and back down and tie onto the centre of the top of the holder!!! Can anyone see a fix around it? --- End quote --- Oooops..... But it does look better. :beer: Maybe a wire bail over the top to tie off to? Cheers Jeff |
| doubleboost:
Hi Chris Some very nice work :thumbup: :thumbup: John |
| raynerd:
Thanks for the messages and suggestions guys. I did a little more, decided to make a hook to fix my "issue". Looks ok imo and I think I prefer it to the solid body. Maybe the hook could be a little smaller? Here is the new pulley layout: I`m going to have to make my weight narrower than I thought. Adding the extra loop in the pulley setup has thrown the chords nearer so they will clash if I make the master weight much wider than the dia of the master weight pulley. The clock is running now, so once I have the weight that works, I`ll make it from brass solid. Just for interest sakes, here is the modified back stop on a new bracket. Works much better than the one mounted on the bridge itself. I managed to plug and polish the holes from the previously drilled backstop pawl on the bridge. |
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