<html> <body> At 05:11 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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--</blockquote> 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 I</body> </html>