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Post by shin on Sept 23, 2015 13:45:20 GMT
Well, I decided to take down the old clothesline and replace it with a new one. All 150 feet of it! I've taken down the old one but still have to buy the replacement. What do folks think, is plastic the way to go for something that'll stay whiter and wont sag? The old one was mighty gray and sagging and soaked when wet. It sagged so much the clothes hung from it brushed the roof of the shed. I cut it down and it has one of these metal tighteners on it. I'd like to reuse the tightener with a new line but I can't get the old rope out, can someone tell me is there a trick to it? It's one of those one's that looks almost like a cork with a handle on it. I'dve painted that pole by now but I need a taller ladder. I'll probably raise up that pulley a bit higher too somehow or other. The shed is obviously brand new, it didn't used to be there in the way of the clothesline.
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Post by dw on Sept 26, 2015 12:05:36 GMT
My mother lived where there was lots of rain/humidity and she always said a plastic coated one was best. But here just plain rope is fine we don't worry about it.
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Post by hermitjohn on Sept 26, 2015 16:19:40 GMT
Plastic coated aircraft cable is very strong and the most resistant to sagging, and works fine on pulley system, though the plastic does eventually deteriorate letting cable rust. Will last good ten years or so. More if you can somehow protect it from sunlight when not in use. Like this: www.amazon.com/Forney-70452-Aircraft-250-Feet-16-Inch/dp/B003YDK49M
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Post by hermitjohn on Sept 26, 2015 16:30:47 GMT
Oh to get rope off, you either cut the rope (easiest) or you can take the pivot pin out of the frame that holds the actual pulley. Easy to get rope off at that point. Since unlikely the rope came in a continuous loop, suspect it is tied or clamped somewhere along its length. Untie/unclamp it or again as I suggest, just cut it. If you want to reuse it for other purpose you would lose very little of it if you cut it at that spot where ends were originally joined.
EDIT: Ok I see the rope has metal ends that wont go through the pulley. If you want to save rope with ends intact, take out the pivot pin or axle pin, whatever you want to call it that is keeping the pulley in its frame and that the pulley spins on. Hopefully the factory making the pulley, used a pin/bolt that can easily be removed and that you dont have to grind a peened end off the pin to drive it out, then replace the pin. I would think it would have to be removable cause how else did they get that rope with the metal ends around the pulleys in first place?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 1:40:52 GMT
The metal piece is a tightener that worksby pushing the small shaft into the larger sleeve. By doing this the rope is released, it can then be pulled out of the smaller shaft. THe tightener is made so the pulley does not have to be taken apart. It will roll over the pulley in one continuous never ending rope. It is a good design and works well, you have a top notch slothes line setup.
Once you have the new rope in place it may be tightened up by depressing the small shaft into the larger sleeve and pull the slack out of the rope, through the small shaft.
No reason to take the pulley apart for any reason.
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Post by shin on Oct 1, 2015 2:19:04 GMT
I like the strength of that line you recommended hermitjohn, but it's a little more $ than I like and a little thinner than would work with that tightener.
In the end I ordered a cheap thick rope, rather than quite the ideal, as I'm still using the thing enough to want a replacement quickly. Perhaps I'll step up later if this thing mildews too much.
Now I'm just waiting on this spray can on a stick device to arrive so I can paint the pole and pulley before putting the line up.
That tightener may be real nice normally but this old rusty one is a pain to get the rope out of after you put it in. But I did get it out in the end.
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Post by Rustaholic on Feb 10, 2016 1:32:03 GMT
I like the strength of that line you recommended hermitjohn, but it's a little more $ than I like and a little thinner than would work with that tightener. In the end I ordered a cheap thick rope, rather than quite the ideal, as I'm still using the thing enough to want a replacement quickly. Perhaps I'll step up later if this thing mildews too much. Now I'm just waiting on this spray can on a stick device to arrive so I can paint the pole and pulley before putting the line up. That tightener may be real nice normally but this old rusty one is a pain to get the rope out of after you put it in. But I did get it out in the end.
I am forgetting about where you live. Have you progressed on this yet or will it be a Spring project?
One thing I would like to bring up is do you have anyone that would be willing to help you move the pole to the left so the rope isn't over the shed so much?
Before you string a new rope on it or even paint it would be the best time to move it.
Also you really do need to remove the rust before you paint that pole or it is just going to look bad very soon after you go to the trouble and expense of painting it.
Back around 1986 my construction partner and I put up a 30' tall flag pole in front of our church.
It was my pipes and his welder that built it.
The original paint job we did on it lasted a long time.
We put it up in a way that was easy to bring it back down for repainting.
Once the rust started it had to be taken down every Spring for a new coat of Rust-Stop and white paint.
Five years ago I brought it down and spent a couple hours taking it right down to bare metal with a twisted wire 4" cup on a large side grinder that I have.
Then I used a quality rust stop primer and rust stop gloss white enamel paint from Ace Hardware.
I let it dry for several hours in the bright sun then I winched it back up and two days later I ran a new flag up it.
It still looks like a new pole so in the Spring I am sure I won't have to bring it down to repaint it.
When it does come back down I know what I will do with it.
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Post by shin on Feb 14, 2016 3:55:23 GMT
It all looks quite good, painted and all! Very fine all white in the white snow.. I'd like to say it's all done -- but almost, only almost! I'm in PA -- the place where all the cold is right now.
I moved the line further to the side to try to get it more clear of the shed roof, as well as painted the pole -- I was on a ladder with two broomsticks taped together, and this plastic device with a string dangling down from it, which when you pull, presses down on the spray can button to spray paint it. It was a rather flimsy device, part of it broke off quickly, but I got it to work long enough. I am rather disappointed in that device. It was all a bit awkward too..
The pole looks good but I ran out of spray paint in the end, lots of cans of Rustoleum white for appliances, you can't see from afar but a little rust is still visible up close, so I will have to go out and touch it up again in the future.
Also the line even moved further to the side isn't enough to clear the shed enough for pants and shirts not to hit it when the the line is used, so I have to move it higher up -- see that higher hole in the first picture? It's facing the wrong way and too large, but if I can just find the right sized thing to get a hook in there, that ought to raise the line up just high enough.
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Post by shin on Feb 14, 2016 19:59:19 GMT
All looks a bit nicer doesn't it? The seasons sure have changed! That pole has hooks on it for up to 3 lines, a person with a family could hang some major laundry.
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Post by Rustaholic on Feb 14, 2016 22:23:24 GMT
It all looks quite good, painted and all! Very fine all white in the white snow.. I'd like to say it's all done -- but almost, only almost! I'm in PA -- the place where all the cold is right now. I moved the line further to the side to try to get it more clear of the shed roof, as well as painted the pole -- I was on a ladder with two broomsticks taped together, and this plastic device with a string dangling down from it, which when you pull, presses down on the spray can button to spray paint it. It was a rather flimsy device, part of it broke off quickly, but I got it to work long enough. I am rather disappointed in that device. It was all a bit awkward too.. The pole looks good but I ran out of spray paint in the end, lots of cans of Rustoleum white for appliances, you can't see from afar but a little rust is still visible up close, so I will have to go out and touch it up again in the future. Also the line even moved further to the side isn't enough to clear the shed enough for pants and shirts not to hit it when the the line is used, so I have to move it higher up -- see that higher hole in the first picture? It's facing the wrong way and too large, but if I can just find the right sized thing to get a hook in there, that ought to raise the line up just high enough.
It does look good but a year from now show me another picture of it please. This morning I took a good look at that flag pole and it does look like I had just painted it. This tells me it really was worth the hour or two that it took me to take that whole 30 foot pole back to the clean metal. BTW Mother Nature didn't get the message that all of the cold goes there. I will trade you any day and we are a good bit more North than you are.
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