What is it?
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Comments: 7
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Tags: , Hardware, Misc, What is it?
Comments: 7
Comments: 7
Louis
November 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Easy guys!
Brand new rope clutch system, developed by French rigger (&friend!) Julien Barnet (www.matelotages.fr) and rope brand Cousin Trestec®. Awarded twice @ METS 2011!
Anonymous
November 17, 2011 at 4:25 pm
How does it work?
Anonymous
November 17, 2011 at 7:49 pm
What Louis said (except for the friend bit)
Anonymous
November 18, 2011 at 6:50 am
Can the 'Chinese finger trap' take the full load of that rope?
Anonymous
November 18, 2011 at 11:24 am
It is something we have been doing for years with barberhauls, just the way of fitting it to the deck is new…
Anonymous
November 18, 2011 at 4:56 pm
The chinese finger trap is the principal in all splices
Anonymous
November 18, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Agreed, but how does it interface with the metal part and how does it retain the strength? The weak part (or so it seems) is the fact that it somehow relys on very short transition between fibre and metal. Still not clear how that works!