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It's one of the small vibratory tumblers sold for cleaning rifle/pistol brass for reloading. I found out it was useful on small aluminum parts about a year ago.

To get that lightly frosted finish, I use wet or dry sandpaper in various grits to smooth out tool marks followed by several hours to a day in a vibratory tumbler with coarse sand as the media. The...

I liked the "tails" for tying off, so I added them back to the "chain link". I have two tensioners that I like now, so it's time for a new project.:D

Gotcha beat...rjcress said to cut the bottom of the tail off, so I decided to give it a try. Then the light bulb came on.

Chain, bolt cutters, a little sanding and a couple of minutes.

Who...

Too much labor with my manual mill. Some one with a cnc is welcome too have at it.

Same tensioner as in post #29...trimmed down and cleaned up a bit. Just drop the end of the line between the two lines coming off of the "tree" to lock it.

Thanks for the idea Red.:thumbup:

It's just bare aluminum. I even had to Google alodine to find out what it is.

Here's my first quick and dirty take-off of Redoleary's ideas. I wanted to stay with tying the line off on cleats and not having to use a knot.

It is attached to the line with the same wrappings,...

Well, this noob is here to eat crow.

I swapped out my ridgeline today for a new one made of 2.2 mm Zing-it. It was working great until I tried to tie it off after tensioning the trucker's hitch....