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@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@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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