[TowerTalk] Alternate method of setting guy tension

[Patrick Greenlee]

The scale doesn't go into the 1/2 inch space.  The scale can be in the 
next county if you have enough line to go between the scale and the 
"barbed wire" or the guy. There is a force multiplication when pulling 
sideways on a taught line. Using that principle the OP has explained how 
to improvise a tension gauge.  Using different dimensions would result 
in different multiplication ratios.

Patrick        NJ5G

On 11/22/2017 10:07 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> Please explain how you get the fish scale into that 1/2" space?
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting John Fickes <kc0bmf at gmail.com>:
>
>> Jeff
>>   First my disclaimer, I've used this method while building barb wire 
>> fence
>> to test the tension so as to get all the wires close to the same tension
>> and I don't know why it wouldn't work for what you are doing, BUT I 
>> don't
>> guarantee.
>>
>>    1 Take a board  42" long
>>    2 Drive 2 nails in the board 40" apart but don't seat the nails, 
>> leave
>> them up a bit
>>    3 Draw a straight line between the nails
>>    4 Drive another nail 1/2" below the line that you drew and in the 
>> center
>> of the first 2 nails
>>    5 Rest the cable on the first 2 nails that are 40" apart and using 
>> a set
>> of fish scales hook the cable and pull the cable till it touches the 3rd
>> nail and read your fish scales.
>>    6 Take the reading of your fish scales and multiply by 20
>> So for example if you pull the wire back and when it touches the middle
>> nail the scales read 10# multiply by 20 = 200#
>>
>> I've used this method as I said and it works great for fence. Good Luck
>>
>>                          73 John W0JW
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