I would have made my hitch pin loop tool in the early 1980's. Gee, Ron, have I been copying you that long? Well, yes, I guess I have... Of course, I put a _steel_ tube through mine... Still works every time. Kent -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0138.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 73802 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090522/e7f4bf51/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0115.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 73022 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090522/e7f4bf51/attachment-0003.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- On May 22, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > I made a tool for this over thirty years ago. It's a maple > dowel, hole drilled down through the center, lined with a > small brass tube, so it'll out live me. One end has a #7 wood > screw with the head cut off, and a small wire nail to provide > something to pry the wire around the nail as I turn the tool. > Turn in whichever direction is appropriate to make the tail > end up pointing in the direction you want, and go twice around > for double loops. The other end has just another small wire > nail to hold the tail while I grip the loop with pliers and > again, turn the tool. > > I've made hundreds of loops with this silly thing, and it > continues to do the job quickly and easily without bloodshed. > > FWIW > Ron N > > <make loop.jpg><twist.jpg>
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