[Rhodes22-list] RINGS

[Steve Alm]

Ed and Roger,
Thanks for the input.  The rings are really getting a lot of my attention
these days ever since I've had two of the little bastards missing.  It's now
part of my pre-sail boat walkaround inspection.  I even use binoculars to
check the masthead.  I'll never use those open-ended ones again!
Slim

On 9/13/02 10:05 AM, "Ed Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net> wrote:

> Slim:
>        Again my ring are stainless steel heavy duty.  As Roger said
> the correct rings work for a long time.  The fact that your rings
> can be opened easily with your fingers, kinda says you and me
> have different rings.  As I have said before, my rings came from
> sailnet.  They had a bags of 20 on sale.  I got a couple of bags of
> different sizes and styles.  I have thrown some away because in
> order to get them off, I had to pry them off, and in the process
> bent them.  On mine you need three hands to just use your fingers.  And that
> is only on Clevis pins.  On turnbuckles, I need to use a needle nose plier
> and a needle nose locking plier (vise grip type).
>                 Ed K
> 
> 
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