jakdedert wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:
Ron(UK) wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:
Ron(UK) wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:

Can anyone think of a source for thin wall ferrule / coupler to
solder
or
probably glue over a butt join between mouse and 2 Cu wires, of
these
sorts
of dimensions.
Try a fishing tackle shop, ask to look at trace crimps.

Ron(UK)
Ta, the nearest to a solution so far. 0.8mm internal bore seems the
smallest they go to. Grinding a lead-in chamfer on the leading edge ,
and
feeding through a tiny funnel of talcum powder may just work.

Now what to do with the other 49 little crimps. They seem to be brass
with
a coating of dull varnish to dull them down for fishing purposes.
We use them in the theatre, they are by far the best way of joining or
putting loops in fine fishing line.

Ron(UK)

For swinging/flying actors around the stage - Peter Pan fashion ?

Not a good idea to put *any* splices in those cables. Better to simply
replace the whole lot if too short for some reason. I was helping rig a
lighting truss to which someone had affixed a 3'x12' wood and plastic
sign. The initial installation left the sign too high, so the
decorators simply spliced in additional cable using ferrules and a
swaging tool. I had six folks on the ground holding the free ends of
blocks & falls (more commonly known as block and tackle), while my head
rigger was above, securing each in turn.

As he did each one, there was inevitably a small amount of slack let
out...nothing serious, but each connection bumped down a little less
than an inch when the slack was let off and secured.

On the second point, when the 'bump' happened, one ferrule failed. That
end of the sign came swinging down in an arc with an audible WHOOSH!
right past everybody's face! To their credit, nobody let go of their
respective ropes, but the free end of the sign missed one poor lady by
less than a couple feet.

Once it had swung past vertical, the other end let go as well, and the
whole thing crashed at our feet and shattered. No injuries, but some
wardrobe changes were in order once the truss was let back down.

No splices, please....

jak


The sound recording from December 4th, 1958 of this is better, for an
example of perfect comic timing, but text
http://monologues.co.uk/004/Bricklayers_Story.htm

THE BRICKLAYER'S STORY
by
Gerard Hoffnung
(from his Oxford Union speech)

I've got this thing here that I must read to you.
Now, this is a very tragic thing... I shouldn't, really, read it out.
A striking lesson in keeping the upper lip stiff is given in a recent number
of the weekly bulletin of 'The Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors'
that prints the following letter from a bricklayer in Golders Green to the
firm for whom he works.

Respected sir,

when I got to the top of the building, I found that the hurricane had
knocked down some bricks off the top. So I rigged up a beam, with a pulley,
at the top of the building and hoisted up a couple of barrels of bricks.
When I had fixed the building, there was a lot of bricks left over.
I hoisted the barrel back up again and secured the line at the bottom and
then went up and filled the barrel with the extra bricks.
Then, I went to the bottom and cast off the rope.
Unfortunately, the barrel of bricks was heavier than I was and before I knew
what was happening, the barrel started down, jerking me off the ground.
I decided to hang on!
Halfway up, I met the barrel coming down... and received a severe blow on
the shoulder.
I then continued to the top, banging my head against the beam and getting my
fingers jammed in the pulley!
When the barrel hit the ground, it burst it's bottom... allowing all the
bricks to spill out.
I was now heavier than the barrel and so started down again at high speed!
Halfway down... I met the barrel coming up and received severe injury to my
shins!
When I hit the ground... I landed on the bricks, getting several painful
cuts from the sharp edges!
At this point... I must have lost my presence of mind... because I let go of
the line!
The barrel then came down... giving me a very heavy blow and putting me in
hospital!

I respectfully request 'sick leave'.



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