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Requesting ideas/suggestions for corner grabs in Plano roofwalks/ends.
Pierre <pierre.oliver@...>
I bend my own from .012" wire and use an eyelet for the corner. I've found that the Plano holes don't match the commercial end walk grabs.
And save yourself verbal abuse. On this group it's running boards. :-)
Pierre Oliver
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And save yourself verbal abuse. On this group it's running boards. :-)
Pierre Oliver
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What do you gentlepeople use for corner grabs with the Plano roofwalk/ends? I'm thinking of wire but that offers no mounting detail. I have considered just cutting the pins off of the plastic grabs and gluing them on. Would appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
Instead of eyelets, which are oversize, I use a short piece of wire
that I crush the end with flat nose pliers, and bend it over 90 degrees,
and then drape it over the grab iron (which I bend myself as you do).
I think this looks a lot better and I've never had one come undone.
Tim O'Connor
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that I crush the end with flat nose pliers, and bend it over 90 degrees,
and then drape it over the grab iron (which I bend myself as you do).
I think this looks a lot better and I've never had one come undone.
Tim O'Connor
I bend my own from .012" wire and use an eyelet for the corner. I've found that the Plano holes don't match the commercial end walk grabs.
And save yourself verbal abuse. On this group it's running boards. :-)
Pierre OliverWhat do you gentlepeople use for corner grabs with the Plano roofwalk/ends? I'm thinking of wire but that offers no mounting detail. I have considered just cutting the pins off of the plastic grabs and gluing them on. Would appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
I make my own eyebolts.
Bend brass wire about a scale 1/2" diameter for your scale around a piece of wire the diameter of the grabiron. It'll spring outward a little allowing a nice fit around the grabiron.
Steve Lucas.
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Bend brass wire about a scale 1/2" diameter for your scale around a piece of wire the diameter of the grabiron. It'll spring outward a little allowing a nice fit around the grabiron.
Steve Lucas.
--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
Instead of eyelets, which are oversize, I use a short piece of wire
that I crush the end with flat nose pliers, and bend it over 90 degrees,
and then drape it over the grab iron (which I bend myself as you do).
I think this looks a lot better and I've never had one come undone.
Tim O'ConnorI bend my own from .012" wire and use an eyelet for the corner. I've found that the Plano holes don't match the commercial end walk grabs.
And save yourself verbal abuse. On this group it's running boards. :-)
Pierre OliverWhat do you gentlepeople use for corner grabs with the Plano roofwalk/ends? I'm thinking of wire but that offers no mounting detail. I have considered just cutting the pins off of the plastic grabs and gluing them on. Would appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
davesnyder59
Thank you Steve, Tim and Pierre. Actually I posted that message on July 15th and already came up with the solution that Steve and Tim suggested. I could not get .012 wire to work and used .010 instead. Don't know what is up with Yahoo though as I have posted messages over a week ago on other lists and still haven't seen them yet.
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
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Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
--- In STMFC@..., "Steve Lucas" <stevelucas3@...> wrote:
I make my own eyebolts.
Bend brass wire about a scale 1/2" diameter for your scale around a piece of wire the diameter of the grabiron. It'll spring outward a little allowing a nice fit around the grabiron.
Steve Lucas.
--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@> wrote:
Instead of eyelets, which are oversize, I use a short piece of wire
that I crush the end with flat nose pliers, and bend it over 90 degrees,
and then drape it over the grab iron (which I bend myself as you do).
I think this looks a lot better and I've never had one come undone.
Tim O'ConnorI bend my own from .012" wire and use an eyelet for the corner. I've found that the Plano holes don't match the commercial end walk grabs.
And save yourself verbal abuse. On this group it's running boards. :-)
Pierre OliverWhat do you gentlepeople use for corner grabs with the Plano roofwalk/ends? I'm thinking of wire but that offers no mounting detail. I have considered just cutting the pins off of the plastic grabs and gluing them on. Would appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.
jerryglow2
A couple more suggestions. Terry Wigmann custom ground one tip of a pair of chain nosed pliers to a small diameter to form eyelets smaller than ones from DA. Another method I use is take a strand of soft copper wire like from electrical cord and fold it over the grab and twist the ends until it forms a tight eye over the grab.
Jerry Glow
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Jerry Glow
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Thank you Steve, Tim and Pierre. .........
Dave Snyder
Louisville, Ky.