Putting two tow straps together???
12-20-2005, 06:40 AM
#11
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Re: Putting two tow straps together???
Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 06:40 AM
#12
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Posts: n/a
Re: Putting two tow straps together???
Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 06:40 AM
#13
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Re: Putting two tow straps together???
Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
purpose.
I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
"inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
trouble.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
>
> You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
>
> We had a long thread on it I believe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> 4X4PLAY wrote:
> >
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 10:00 AM
#14
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Re: Putting two tow straps together???
A D-ring in the center of two elastic bands is a missile waiting to kill
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
12-20-2005, 10:00 AM
#15
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Posts: n/a
Re: Putting two tow straps together???
A D-ring in the center of two elastic bands is a missile waiting to kill
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
12-20-2005, 10:00 AM
#16
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Posts: n/a
Re: Putting two tow straps together???
A D-ring in the center of two elastic bands is a missile waiting to kill
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
someone. Really, don't do it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl wrote:
>
> D-shackle, if they have loop ends.
>
> Carl
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> >
> > --
> > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
> >
12-20-2005, 10:11 AM
#17
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Re: Putting two tow straps together???
I use a stick I find on the ground instead of carrying a dowel, but a
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 10:11 AM
#18
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Posts: n/a
Re: Putting two tow straps together???
I use a stick I find on the ground instead of carrying a dowel, but a
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 10:11 AM
#19
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Putting two tow straps together???
I use a stick I find on the ground instead of carrying a dowel, but a
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
dowel works fine to stick in the middle of a figure 8 or loop through
the loop knot so you can pry it apart easier later.
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Dowel? Dowels are made for glued peg joints in furniture, and random
> handicraft activities. They are cut with no particular attention to the
> grain or consistency of the wood. I read a piece a while ago on making a
> ramrod for a muzzle loading firearm. The author was of the opinion, that if
> you would like to have a piece of wood stuck through the palm of your hand,
> there was nothing better to make a ramrod out of. He on the other hand
> always used a piece of straight grain hickory, selected and carved for the
> purpose.
>
> I suppose that if you wanted to stick a dowel in the middle of a knot, to
> make it easier to undo, that would be all right. But knowing how
> "inventive" people can be, including one in a tool kit is asking for
> trouble.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:43A77FAE.2FB72107@sympatico.ca...
> > You figure 8 the loops and stick the dowel through so they don't jam up.
> >
> > You don't use the dowel to hold one loop through the other. There were
> > some videos shown a while back that showed the dowel going ballistic.
> >
> > We had a long thread on it I believe.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > 4X4PLAY wrote:
> > >
> > > Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than with a wooden
> > > doweling and still be able to get them apart??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> > > http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> > > http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
12-20-2005, 11:05 AM
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Re: Putting two tow straps together???
Two bowlines?
http://www.apparent-wind.com/knots/bowline/
Seahag
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than
> with a wooden doweling and still be able to get them
> apart??
>
> --
> Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
>
http://www.apparent-wind.com/knots/bowline/
Seahag
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:2dJpf.13208$wg4.4127@edtnps84...
> Any safer means of attaching two straps together, than
> with a wooden doweling and still be able to get them
> apart??
>
> --
> Jeff '03 TJ & '95 ZJ
> http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/554/gardenpic0lh.jpg
> http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4696/jeepsgif3iq.gif
>