Bill (or anybody else),
Can you advise as to a source of the stainless sliders (as shown in your original post)?
I know tomatkins asked the same question, but it seemed to get lost in the noise.
Thanks
faklord wrote:Bill (or anybody else),
Can you advise as to a source of the stainless sliders (as shown in your original post)?
I know tomatkins asked the same question, but it seemed to get lost in the noise.
Thanks
ZigZag wrote:Good idea, Tom! I can get hold of thimbles, but can't source sliders.
Question for Bill Hansen:
Instead of using round section line in a round section slider that looks like this
why not use a flat braid in a rectangular section slider, that looks like this?
On high modulus material like Dyneema, there is very little stretching under tension, and the material on the inside of the neutral plane gets compressed and buckles. It is the buckling of the line that leads to the thickening and fuzzy appearance. The flat braid has a shorter distance from the neutral plane to the outside surface, so the compressive stresses are smaller, and therefore there will be less buckling.
Friction is not proportional to contact area but to the normal force, and there will be no additional wear. Put another way, because the normal force is more spread out, on a strap, there is less force on the strap per area, so even tho you have more area it is exactly balanced by less normal force per area so the wear is exactly the same only more spread out. And since it reduces shear, seems like a win right, but . . . anyplace I have straps in my equipment I will occasionally find them folding in half. Not a problem on a harness but a folded strap could lead to failure on a slider. I also notice that if my straps for whatever reason come in kitty-corner to an adjustment loop, the edges wear out really fast.kitenaked wrote:Nice idea for strength, however there is more surface area in contact and may cause issues with wear and reduced free movement of the slider and the bridle line due to the additional friction and contact area.
Item 9 is similarfaklord wrote:Bill (or anybody else),
Can you advise as to a source of the stainless sliders (as shown in your original post)?
I know tomatkins asked the same question, but it seemed to get lost in the noise.
Thanks
what is wrong with the antal 7mm aluminum sliders, they can be bought at any sailing store, $12 for per slidertomatkins wrote:Thanks...looks like $33. plus $15 shipping for a pair... $48....YIKES! .
Answer: Salt wateredt wrote:what is wrong with the antal 7mm aluminum sliders, they can be bought at any sailing store, $12 for per slidertomatkins wrote:Thanks...looks like $33. plus $15 shipping for a pair... $48....YIKES! .
Dude, if you're so knowledgeable, why don't you dig out what kind of material is used to coat the Titanium rings on high-end fishing poles and enlighten us?tomatkins wrote:Answer: Salt wateredt wrote:what is wrong with the antal 7mm aluminum sliders, they can be bought at any sailing store, $12 for per slidertomatkins wrote:Thanks...looks like $33. plus $15 shipping for a pair... $48....YIKES! .
That is why they went to stainless steel for the bar hole inserts. The salt water corrodes the aluminum with a type one or type two pitting corrosion (maybe both types) and in time this causes a rough surface... which is the last thing you want for any kind of line or rope to slide against.
Did the aluminum stay shiney and smooth, when only used in fresh water? If so, then, maybe aluminum sliders would be OK for fresh water use only.