Anyone in Cambridge with a winch handle?

[jdc]

Has anyone got a winch handle in or near Cambridge and could lend it to me for a few mins? I've brought my windlass home for a service but stupidly left all my winch handles in Cornwall. I need to use one to undo the gypsy. My idea is that I bring the windlass along to the pub of your choice, we undo the gypsy - about 6 seconds work d.v. - and I buy the beer!

I suppose it could also be the catalyst for a Cambridge forum pub meet...

 

[sarabande]

as far as forum excuses go, that must be one of the best ones this year !

(Shame I am not near Cambridge.

 

[FWB]

Could you make something using a bolt and two lock nuts?

 

[thalassa]

Has anyone got a winch handle in or near Cambridge and could lend it to me for a few mins? I've brought my windlass home for a service but stupidly left all my winch handles in Cornwall. I need to use one to undo the gypsy. My idea is that I bring the windlass along to the pub of your choice, we undo the gypsy - about 6 seconds work d.v. - and I buy the beer!

I suppose it could also be the catalyst for a Cambridge forum pub meet...

Sorry, can't help, but if you have a socket wrench lying about, the square part on the
ratchet handle fits the star-shaped hole of a winch.

 

[FWB]

Sorry, can't help, but if you have a socket wrench lying about, the square part on the
ratchet handle fits the star-shaped hole of a winch.

Yes that's what I was alluding to.

 

[northwind]

we undo the gypsy...

Is this a local custom or a Morris dance?

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Is this a local custom or a Morris dance?

 

[Paddingtonbear]

If it was a local custom it would either be in Latin or computer code.

 

[jdc]

Is this a local custom or a Morris dance?

very good, gimme six!