old standing rigging

[bluerm166]

What to do (ethically) with complete standing s/s rigging set in 5 and 6mm 1/19 10 yrs old but without apparent defects ?
Replaced now only to suit maintenance cycle convenience .
Ideas ?

 

[pvb]

Scrapyard.

 

[Malabarista]

Might not be of much help but I bought a few dozen ss eyes and hooks and used my old standing rigging as a trellis for my house. This was done last year and throughout the summer was home to Clematis, climbing roses and Wisteria etc. Earned loads of brownie points from SWMBO and i expect it to last forever.

 

[Baddox]

I see that you've found a use for the anchor chain too.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

View attachment 68436used my old standing rigging as a trellis for my house.

Have you considered the possibility that the stainless steel would induce 'crevice corrosion' in the walls?

 

[VicS]

I see that you've found a use for the anchor chain too.

I wonder what happens when you pull it ?

A massive door bell tolls ... or all the loos flush simultaneously?

 

[chrishscorp]

I wonder what happens when you pull it ?

A massive door bell tolls ... or all the loos flush simultaneously?

I would imagine you would have to appologise to Malabarista for pulling his guttering down

 

[prv]

The week before Christmas I used one of my old mizzen shrouds to help brace an acoustic positioning beacon in position underneath a chartered angling boat. I’ll be doing the same thing again tomorrow.

I realise this is a somewhat niche application

Pete

 

[Hydrozoan]

I've used a length to brace a large folding saw-horse - another niche application. Trellis is good - or a washing line.

 

[William_H]

As said the uses are endless. I use bits of copper tubing as ferule for swaging a loop in the end after cutting. Not very strong but useful for trellis etc. But to get rid of it, sell it to scrap metal dealer. olewill

 

[Frank Holden]

Give it to someone with a smaller boat. As mentioned in the previous post 'the uses are endless' ooops... make that 'the ends are useless'... however.....

When did you last see a rigging wire that parted in the middle?? Nope - they fail at the terminations... either that or the T-balls or bottlescrews themselves fail.

With the ends trimmed the wire is good for some time yet.... esp if the recipient only sails locally... but maybe not my choice for a non stop circumnavigation....

I suggested as much to my rigger once... he told me to foxtrot oscar as wire sales were where the profit was in the business..... he did not contradict me.

 

[Brent Swain]

Makes far better lifelines than what stock boats normally use.

 

[reeac]

I used an old bronze rigging screw as part of a diagonal wire tensioner to stop a galvanised field gate from sagging.

 

[Malabarista]

I see that you've found a use for the anchor chain too.

Unfortunately i am not allowed to mention my new big square anchor for fear of starting a new thread. Difficult to store on the boat but it has never dragged in any substrate

 

[Malabarista]

I would imagine you would have to appologise to Malabarista for pulling his guttering down

This was indeed the case when a particularly ‘gifted’ teenager did the chain pull trick. It is now screwed into the green oak beam behind the fascia ( which may or may not be attached to the plumbing)

 

[bigwow]

We have used old rigging wire, unwound, when TIG welding.

 

[PetiteFleur]

From a smaller boat I used the old wire for supporting raspberry canes, cut shorter, a loop made in the end, fixed with a ss clamp and then lashed to the post. Not quite sure what I'll do with the much larger 7mm wire from my current boat in the spring when it's renewed - a washing line sounds good, at least it'll never need replacing in my lifetime!

 

[Hydrozoan]

Raspberry supports is a good one. Long ago, the previous owner of our house – who worked for a power company – had recycled as clothes line pulley sheaves a couple of the brown porcelain insulators used to suspend power lines!

 

[solent clown]

We have used old rigging wire, unwound, when TIG welding.

Interesting and resourceful, how well did it weld?

 

[bigwow]

Interesting and resourceful, how well did it weld?

Very well but took a little longer as you need to work with the twist of the wire:encouragement: