Date:         Sun, 21 May 2017 12:00:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Awning guy line tensioners
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
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I just weighed one of mine ( made two extra for clothes line etc) and it weighs 12g. Not bad for the thick walled stuff. 

If you removed half of the circle then you'd end up with pretty well the same tensioner as the bent strip type . Would work fine I think. But I like the looks of the circle. Apart from aesthetics, the complete circle makes it easier to grab and adjust.

I'll take the weight penalty in the van :-) 

Cheers

Alistair 

> On May 21, 2017, at 10:18 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>        Alistair
> 
>    Nicely done ~ Both Yours & Orig's ~ While I suppose they don't Weigh much, wouldn't they
> 
> they Pack Less Bulky &, of course, Weigh Less if the Part of the Ring that Has No Holes were to be
> 
> Removed ~ The Orig's, being of Thinner Stock Might have a Tendency to Straighten over time but
> 
> I suspect Yours Not So Much ~
> 
>                                            ORR ~ DeanB
> 
> 
>> On 21 May , 2017, at 9:41 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> 
>> I made some copies of the MSR camring guy line tensioner. The original ( and there are commercial knock offs) had a design that really appealed to me. Instead of rewarding the company with my money I made some copies.
>> Totally not worth ones time to make the copies, the originals are only around 10 bucks for four.
>> But anyway, my copies work really quite well on the old shady boy awning. And even though there are a 101 other guy line tensioning methods and gizmos, I very much like the look of these.
>> 
>> Blog post here with a couple of pics
>> 
>> https://shufti.blog/2017/05/21/vanagon-awning-guy-line-tensioners/
>> 
>> Alistair
>