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Re: pic: Telescoping Arm Warning
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Originally Posted by daltore
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Unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of using a thimble in our setup, as it would be too large, and our tensioning system uses eye loops that are welded shut, so the standard overhand knot using the loop won't work. Do you have any suggestions for the best kind of knot to use in this situation?
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A Google search using "thimble" "knot" "load" "line" turned up this link to a Knot blog, along with a few other leads. The blog entry is a bit tedious; but it has some useful info in it and it has some references to knot-tying reference material (near the bottom).
http://allaboutknots.blogspot.com/20...hitch-for.html
Blake
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