Hello George,
Really interesting post -- and a reasonable warning to many. Now,
perhaps, readers can understand why we safety nuts always send the
same messages when people talk about building towers and tieing them
to the house <G> Many houses just aren't as strong as many people think!
73 from.......
Bob Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Wednesday, March 14, 2001, 4:32:39 PM, you wrote:
GTD> On 14 Mar 01, at 0:36, Stan or Patricia Griffiths wrote:
>> You know, there is a fairly easy way to test all of this and find out
>> the real answers. Remember how you could see if your Loos Tension
>> device was reading correctly, right in your garage? You hang a piece
>> of guy wire vertically from the rafters. You then load it with a
>> known amount of weight like a five gallon bucket of pieces of steel
>> you have weighed on another scale. You then test the tension in this
GTD> < snip >
GTD> This is, in theory, a good way to get a known tension! But!!...
GTD> If your house and garage are built like mine are, the last sentence
GTD> should read "You then buy a bunch of lumber and rebuild your
GTD> garage." I tried to lift a small block chevy V-8 off the floor this
GTD> way. Thank goodness I had the forethought to try to lift it verrrry
GTD> slowly. The rafter flexed downward as I hauled on the block &
GTD> tackle. The 500 pound v-8 didn't go up to nearly the extent that the
GTD> rafter came down. When I started to hear cracking noises, I
GTD> terminated the lift.
GTD> I guess what I'm saying is "MY garage's rafters aren't up to a
GTD> reasonable calibration of a Loos gauge." Beware!
GTD> 73,
GTD> George T. Daughters, K6GT
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