Dave Flory <daflory_at_pacbell.net> wrote: Snip "..... thought it was the exact thing I had been looking for as a tensioning device for the perimeter lifelines, gear lines, and bungies on my kayak. Obviously excellent for lines for tarps, tents, etc. The item is called the Camcleat Line-lok. It is about an inch in size and made of nylon, no moving parts. It works on a bight of line. To tension the line you move the cleat up the standing part of the line drawing line thru' whatever fixture it is passed thru' and tensioning the line. To release and loosen you just pull the two parts of the bight away from each other......." snip Are these any different than the little nylon doohickeys that are supplied with many tents' guy lines? (MEC in Vancouver sells these for about 10 cents a piece) Also, don't underestimate the value of a good knot - the tautline hitch works very well in place of these gadgets. Check out "www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm#knot tying" for tons of links to many other useful and amazing knots. Cheers, ______________________ Ian Cohen / Icon Architecture *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
this thing isn't an olive cleat is it? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> 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/ ***************************************************************************
Is this a one or two handed operation Dave? > 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. Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com ------------------> furniture http://users.aol.com/romeugp ------------------> paintings, prints, photos and stuff http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR -----------> A Daily Journal of Observations *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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