David Enghauser Posted April 22, 2023 Share #1 Posted April 22, 2023 I am installing the rigging on an old Shamrock kit. How do you keep tension on one end of the line while tying it off? I have used a half hitch on one side, threaded the line through the appropriate places on the mast, but am having difficulty keeping tension on the line while typing it off on the other side. Thanks for your help. thibaultron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted April 22, 2023 Share #2 Posted April 22, 2023 HI David, Can you post a photo or tell us the specific lines? I know of lines such as lifts and halyards that pass through a mast, going over a sheave, rather than going through a block, but am having trouble thinking of any line that goes through a hole in a mast to be belayed on the opposite side. Allan thibaultron and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 22, 2023 Share #3 Posted April 22, 2023 One can buy small alligator clips to help taunt the line. However, some have "teeth" that will damage the line so look for ones with no teeth. There's also small paper claps that will work also. thibaultron 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted April 23, 2023 Share #4 Posted April 23, 2023 I use miniature clothes-pegs, available from craft/stationery stores. They work well, and don't have teeth. I've managed to buy them both in wood and in plastic, and I've trimmed off the business end of several of them to have a right angle at the point of contact with the rope (but not the ones in the picture! ). Steven thibaultron and mtaylor 1 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted April 23, 2023 Share #5 Posted April 23, 2023 Hairdresser's clips that they use to keep strands of hair out of the way, while working on others. Forgot what they are called exactly now, but there are small probes with a retractable, sprung hook at the end that are used in electronics to test circuits. They come in packs of 10 and cost only a couple of €/£/$: Random picture from Amazon. I always leave the ropes a bit longer, so that I can cut the end, that invariably will fray due to the manipulations. mtaylor and thibaultron 1 1 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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