Another pointless thread

I like those "caravans" with all mod cons

Half term this week so went with the grandkids to the zoo.
Not a single usable photo. Not one. I don't expect a high hit rate on trips like that but not a single one .
My hit rate has been dropping like a stone, so even when I can be bothered to pick up the camera I have little to show for it.
Almost enough to make me pack it all in...

Sorry for that diversion in to photography.
Now back to pointlessness please.

so what kit have you got Gwen? I would like first call on it if you are packing it in

Seriously though it is the time of year when good shots can be hard to get and the greyness seems to affect our mood and ability to get things done.

Cheer up the daffodils will be out soon.

Dave

I think we all get that way at times.

One for the matelots (British use of the term prefered)

Anyone know how to stop rope twisting up as it goes over a pair of pulleys.


Bernard

What are the circumstances?

G

Don't put it over the pulleys!

Try this site you may find help ?


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search for Handy Billy

Lots of info on block and tackle even mentions the loss due to friction of the sheeves 1/10 IIRC

I have just read that Marie Colvin and a French press photographer Remi Ochlik, (www.ochlik.com/) have been killed in Syria.

I always admired Marie Colvin and read many of her pieces, before we gave up on the Sunday Times.

Such a tragedy going on in Syria and such a waste.

Your van is a lot nicer than most of the B&Bs I've stayed in!

Just the job for that special night on an Italian cruise.

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Exactly what I've got (2 pulleys at thetop, 1 pulley & hook at the bottom) snag is the middle 3 ropes (lines, whatever) keep twisting around each other as I raise/lower the hook


Bernard

Perhaps you need special rope. Are you using natural or polyprop?

Blue Polyprop

I had the same problem with a hemp cord that I started with (rope dia is 1/4"by the way).
When the hook is down and loaded it's not to bad, just a bit of spin as the load twists (puts about 10 turns on the load, but the rope slides past itself)
With no load it just spins up and I can't lower an empty hook, followed by complete jam up if I persist.

I've unthreaded the rope from the pulleys, stretched it out down the garden, getting rid of any surplus twist. On re-threading through the pulleys it works once or twice then..............

Bernard