Stringing jig - vertical hitch pin

[Israel Stein]

At 05:11 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote:
>There's one big difference about the stringing jig: that darned 
>vertical hitch pin.
>
>I did a great splice, went back and neatened up the coil... and then 
>lost a point, because the string wasn't seated around that vertical 
>pin.  Touching the wire at all after seating can make it walk up 
>again... something you don't have in The Real World with an angled 
>hitch pin.  (This was one of the very few Non-Real-World items in 
>the tech test, by the way).
>
>--Cy--

Cy,

Thank you for pointing this out. The vertical hitch pin is not 
specified for the stringing jig. That it has made its way into actual 
practice is a problem that needs to be resolved. I do not normally 
post exam details on public discussion lists, but I will make an 
exception here, because this is important. It is quite possible to 
build the jigs with angled pins - and the jig specifications call for 
a steel plate bolted to the wooden block in which to mount the pins 
for this very reason.  That some jig builders do not do this is a 
problem that needs to be resolved.

The solution will be posted on the ExamPrep and the PTG-L e-mail 
lists, since they are limited to PTG members only. I ask that those 
interested in the PTG exam subscribe to the ExamPrep list and refrain 
from further discussion of this matter on this public list, since 
authoritative details about the exam  will not be posted here.
.
Thank you,

Israel Stein
Chair, Technical Exam Subcommittee
ETSC - PTG

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