[TowerTalk] Prime Directive - clamps etc

[WA9ALS - John]

> This brings up two questions in my mind:
>
> 1.  What is the correct way to clamp Kevlar?  Maybe it is not the same
as
> steel cable, so maybe Glenn Martin is correct in this case . . . who
knows?
>
> 2.  Are the clamps used on Kevlar the same as clamps used on steel
cable or
> are they somehow "special"?
>
> I can tell you this, if it were guy grips we were talking about, there
is a
> different grip for each size of EHS steel cable, Alumaweld, and
Phillystran
> (and even more because of the different "lays" of cable [left and
right
> hand]).

1.  Glen Martin's illustrations depict saddling the dead horse, but I
found text instructions on their professional page that clearly warn the
user AGAINST saddling the dead horse.

2.  I think my clamps LOOK the same relative to the "clamping radius".
That is, the cup of the saddle is the same radius as the U bolt part -
as they are brought slowly together, they eventually form a circle - not
sure exactly how this circle compares to the rope diameter, and it's
probably not a circle anymore when tightened down.

Maybe with SPECIFIC material (e.g. certain sizes of KEVLAR) and SPECIFIC
clamps, it doesn't make any difference!  If you had to "guess", saddling
the dead horse doesn't sound like the way to go!  HI  I left some
questions on the Dupont (maker of KEVLAR) web site - Maybe we'll get
some interesting responses.  Maybe not!  ;^))



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