Cool I will grab a can at the wood shop tomorrow.
Cool I will grab a can at the wood shop tomorrow.
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Lanyard hole for a mini-biner would be great...and again it would be cool to have your company name or HHforums on it
I use the Danish oil myself- I perceive a possible typo in Finnish (or Finish?) oil; just in case the guy at the wood store gives you "the Look"*..KMOriginally Posted by pgibson
Cool I will grab a can at the wood shop tomorrow.
* where the face goes "He want what? I never heard of that.." but the voice goes - "lemme see what we got.."
Here I was bragging about using a 3 in nail for my toggles, (you kno cheeep lo tech, ugly etc.) welllll with my set up it dumped me, bent the nail let me down easy, but hurt my ego! sooooo back to my moaning chair, (every diy er needs a moaning chair to retreat to after another failed brilliant idea!), gnome
So much for the theory that the toggle is non-load bearing!
Dave
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I used some DRY 1/3" sticks found at camp this weekend and when I took the stick toggles out the next morn, they were compressed. Seriously compressed...perhaps by 50%. Enough to get me thinking about some aluminum ones anyway...
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Or maybe operator error - always make sure the appliance is plugged in - first question to ask.
It is easily possible to set up the Marlin Spike Hitch arrangement with the suspension hanging on the toggle instead of the webbing. Very easy mistake to make.
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EDIT: I understand why it's considered to put no load on the toggle... when the contact is rope to webbing.
But I don't believe it is true!
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Last edited by MacEntyre; 11-16-2009 at 15:26.
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The video I saw demonstrating how to tie what the guy called a Marlin Spike Hitch couldn't have been tied without what you guys are calling a toggle.
http://www.ehow.com/video_2355219_ti...itch-knot.html
without the "toggle" in the marlin spike hitch, the knot just comes undone and won't hold anything. Maybe I'm reading you guys wrong...
It is called a Marlin Spike Hitch because the Marlin Spike is an essential part of the hitch. A "hitch" attaches a rope to another object, usually solid. A bend joins two rope ends.
Those who sacrifice freedom for safety, have neither.
Do not dig your grave with your teeth. (Unknown)
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