On Thu, 17 May 2007 07:57:10 +0000, fred wrote:

In article , Cicero
writes
On Wed, 16 May 2007 16:45:40 +0000, fred wrote:

In article . com, Dan
writes
On 16 May, 15:13, Frank Erskine wrote:

B&Q have suitable stuff amongst their hardware - ropes, chain etc.


Thanks....didn't expect to be able to pick it up from the sheds...I
should have checked there first.

Hmmmn, I'm not so sure, I think lashing wire is special (well,
different anyway) in that you just loop it through a bracket, twist it
back on (and around) itself and it will hold. I'm not sure that either
regular wire rope or catenary wire will do the same self gripping job.
I stand to be corrected but TV tech groups might have that specialist
knowledge, uk.tech.digital-tv springs to mind but there may be a better
choice.

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That sounds very much like fencing (or 'baling') wi

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...82147&ts=46018

Nope, this stuff is stranded. As Geoff points out CPC have got it:
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/Aerials+&...g+Accessories/
MAXVIEW/D4307/displayProduct.jsp?sku=AP00050 or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yoyy8p

but it's only 5m so the o/p may still need a join. I don't know the right
way to join these but wire rope grips should do the job. The smaller sizes
of galvanized grips are mis-described on the CPC site as wire rope.

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Are you sure that *stranded* wire will hold just by being bent and
twisted back on itself? Usually it needs some kind of clamp or even an
'eye splice'. Is this the same (under a different name) as 'lashing wire'?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCAT30.html

Cic.

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