So hang it from a BIG tree limb . . .
Stan
w7ni@easystreet.com
George T. Daughters wrote:
> 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
>
> < snip >
>
> This is, in theory, a good way to get a known tension! But!!...
>
> If your house and garage are built like mine are, the last sentence
> should read "You then buy a bunch of lumber and rebuild your
> garage." I tried to lift a small block chevy V-8 off the floor this
> way. Thank goodness I had the forethought to try to lift it verrrry
> slowly. The rafter flexed downward as I hauled on the block &
> tackle. The 500 pound v-8 didn't go up to nearly the extent that the
> rafter came down. When I started to hear cracking noises, I
> terminated the lift.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is "MY garage's rafters aren't up to a
> reasonable calibration of a Loos gauge." Beware!
>
> 73,
>
> George T. Daughters, K6GT
>
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