> this thing isn't an olive cleat is it? Don't think so, I've seen discussion of the olive cleat, but I've never actually seen one. This is flat and triangular and sits on the rope. My understanding of the olive cleat is that it is fixed to a surface with the line running thru' it. The Line-Lock, if you are running a line from a tent grommet, around a peg and then back up to the cleat, it would look like the following. One corner would be pointing up towards the tent grommet. You feed the line thru' a hole on the top corner, adjacent to the groove, then thru' a toothed groove and then around the stake. The the line goes back thru a hole on the bottom corner opposite the groove, running the line down thru' the hole and with a jam knot on the bottom. You run the Line-Lok up the rope so that it is pulled around the stake and tightened. This jams the standing line in the tapered groove locking the line tight. To unjam it, you grab the two lines close below the line-lok and pull them apart. This pulls the line out of the jam groove and releases the tension. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Flory, San Jose, CA. daflory_at_pacbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speak softly and study Aikido, then you won't need a big stick. ©1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 06 2000 - 21:26:32 PST
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