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Old 22nd May 2006, 12:48 pm   #1
DON THOMSON
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Default Using fishing line.

I am using fishing line for the tuning, wave change and dial movement on an old set and have found it awkward stuff to use: the fibres splay out and I find it difficult to knot. For me the answer was to use a miniature plumbers pipe cutter to cut short sections from 1/8" brass tube, bought from a modelling shop. I slipped a loop of very thin wire through the tube and caught up the fishing line. Pulling the thin wire loop back produced a loop in the line. After adjusting to fit, the job is finished either by tying a knot in the short end of the line or crimping the tube with a pair of cutters. If the crimping is done lightly final delicate adjustment can be made, or by pressing with a pair of pliers across the wide dimension the grip will be loosened.

In the pic the second last item is finished with a knot, the last is temporarily crimped - a second crimp would be done finally.
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Old 22nd May 2006, 5:55 pm   #2
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Default Re: Using fishing line.

A useful tip, Don
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Old 23rd May 2006, 5:09 pm   #3
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Default Re: Using fishing line.

I've also found that the "Barrel" from the insulation-piercing spade-lugs used on telephone station wire work pretty well. Crimp tightly and cut off the "Fork"

I don't know if that type of thing is used over there. Here it's used to wire up the two-pair cable into the telephone jack that gets screwed onto the baseboard.

I've seen some old tuning drives where the knots had brass eyelets in the loop. Like metal grommets of a type. Now THAT'S amazing....unless they were done by machine.
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