JumbleDuck
Well-Known Member
OK, I goofed. A bit. When I made up my new rigging, I made two copies of one of the cap shrouds. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the cap shroud which had a rigging screw without a toggle ... probably because it was originally made a bit too long. As I result, I now have two cap shrouds which are just an inch or two too long. It's not a terrible problem, but the rigger who is setting thing up for me would like to be able to get a bit more tension in them. That leaves me three options ...
(1) I can cut the ends off the shrouds in situ and refit the Norseman fittings. Possible, but a bit fiddly.
(2) I can use rigging screws without toggles, which I would rather not
(3) I can find shorter rigging screws.
Can anyone help me with (3)? At the moment I have nice new Holt M10 ones which have a 125mm body and a minimum pin centre to pin centre length of 205mm, more or less the same as the existing ones I reused (a couple were iffy). What I really need is an M10 one with a minimum pin-pin length of 180mm at most and ideally a bit less. Anyone know a maker of short rigging screws?
(1) I can cut the ends off the shrouds in situ and refit the Norseman fittings. Possible, but a bit fiddly.
(2) I can use rigging screws without toggles, which I would rather not
(3) I can find shorter rigging screws.
Can anyone help me with (3)? At the moment I have nice new Holt M10 ones which have a 125mm body and a minimum pin centre to pin centre length of 205mm, more or less the same as the existing ones I reused (a couple were iffy). What I really need is an M10 one with a minimum pin-pin length of 180mm at most and ideally a bit less. Anyone know a maker of short rigging screws?
