[TowerTalk] Serving Tool for guy wire

[AD5VJ Bob]

Hi Clint

Your not encouraging me to get a serving tool Hi Hi

Bob AD5VJ 

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> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:53 PM
> To: Roger D Johnson
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Serving Tool for guy wire
> 
> Roger et all,
> The serving did not secure the loop in the EHS.  It only 
> provided a smooth transition of the dead end to the main 
> line.  Rather than just lay the dead end of the loop on the 
> run, we separated the strands of the end and wrapped them 
> around the main one at a time, tapering from the first to the 
> last. This eliminated the step that was produced by the dead 
> end against the main.  Later they gave us compressible 
> sleeves that we put on the main first then terminated the EHS 
> around the thimble and secured it clamps (sometimes as many 
> as 6 per termination), then we slid the sleeve over the dead 
> end and crimped it to provide the smooth transition. The 
> serving was classy looking but tore up my hands and probably 
> gave me some kind of permanent damage from all the cuts from 
> the zinc that flaked off in chunks.  
> 
> My 1984 Rohn manual has some pictures I can copy and scan if 
> my semi-literate explanation is not clear enough :^).
> 
> Clint - W5CPT
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Roger D Johnson
>   To: AD5VJ Bob
>   Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>   Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:36 PM
>   Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Serving Tool for guy wire
> 
> 
>   AD5VJ Bob wrote:
>   > In reading the ROHN cat it talks about a serving tool 
> used to wrap the guy wire back onto itself and around and 
> around as a part of
>   > installing the guy wire. I can not seem to find a 
> 'serving tool' for this purpose anywhere on the internet does 
> anyone know where to
>   > find one?
>   >
>   >
>   > 
>   >    73 fer nw es gud DX,
>   > QSL VIA: LotW, BUR, e-QSL
>   > Bob AD5VJ
>   > http://www.ad5vj.com/
>   > Old Calls WB5ZQU, WY5L/KH3, KE5CTY, N5IET
>   > 
> 
>   Good grief! How old is that catalog? From my days in the 
> Coast Guard, I
>   remember my CG manual showing how to use a serving tool but never
>   actually saw one. It's used to form an "eye" in the end of 
> wire rope.
>   It's time consuming to do correctly and dangerous if done 
> incorrectly.
>   There are much better ways to do it today. Wire rope 
> clamps, Nicopress
>   sleeves and preformed guy grips are quicker and easier.
> 
>   I think the reason you can't find one is that no one uses 
> them anymore!
> 
>   73, Roger
> 
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