MPowers
Well-Known Member
Your photos are great! The "loop" where is the round wight "used to be" is interesting. I'm still trying to picture how it worked, doesn't make a lot of sense.
As for the pull ring release, it is not designed to reset with ease but if it takes more effort than a 100 pound stagehand/stage manager/scared performer or choir member or.... to pull it, it is wrong.
You say there is a lot of tension in the system without the round weight, I'm trying to picture that. Without the round weight, there should be no tension in the release line. If there is tension from another source, what is it?
The H&H braille winch should have a clutch bar/lever that is held up by the tension in the release line. This clutch bar should be set at about 30-40 pounds. The line then travels to a release lever or pull ring and then up to the grid, across and back down to the opposite side pull ring and then to the round weight to provide the tension to hold the clutch bar in the engaged position. The system can be rigged to place the winch, round weights and pull rings in various positions in the relationship, but all the elements still should be there. If the round weights are removed, what is producing the tension??
The wire guides look fine but the lack of an enclosed smoke pocket is a major issue. I really don't understand how that has passed muster so far.
As for the pull ring release, it is not designed to reset with ease but if it takes more effort than a 100 pound stagehand/stage manager/scared performer or choir member or.... to pull it, it is wrong.
You say there is a lot of tension in the system without the round weight, I'm trying to picture that. Without the round weight, there should be no tension in the release line. If there is tension from another source, what is it?
The H&H braille winch should have a clutch bar/lever that is held up by the tension in the release line. This clutch bar should be set at about 30-40 pounds. The line then travels to a release lever or pull ring and then up to the grid, across and back down to the opposite side pull ring and then to the round weight to provide the tension to hold the clutch bar in the engaged position. The system can be rigged to place the winch, round weights and pull rings in various positions in the relationship, but all the elements still should be there. If the round weights are removed, what is producing the tension??
The wire guides look fine but the lack of an enclosed smoke pocket is a major issue. I really don't understand how that has passed muster so far.