wire rope fittings?

[JimK]

concerted effort to defeat squirrels scoffing bird feed..

strung a 2mm diameter wire rope between two trees from which to suspend assorted feeders etc...

However said rope is not level so anything hung on it will slide so I need some way to anchor the feeders, preferably by creating "stops" past which they can't slide??

I'm sure I've seen some kind of small "C" section clamps that I could just slip sideways onto the wire rope and secure by tightening a small bolt/grub screw - but I can't remember where I saw them or what the rest of the world would use them for to start to look! -

Anyone know what I've seen? boats? wire track lighting?

Any other ideas?

Cheers JimK

[Bill]

In message , JimK writes

If you can still slide something onto the end of the 2mm wire how about taking the inner, metal, parts of electrical choc' block connectors and sliding these along. Then tighten the screws to hold them in place. These would act as stops for anything sliding and would be cheep (cost effective) too. Or even a double connector complete with plastic and use the other half to hang the feeder from?

[Roberts]

What about jubilee also known as hose clips and if that is not enough a piece of metal secured between the wire and the hose clip and bent at 90 degrees. Cheap and no need to disconnect the wire. Robbie

[Cicero]

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Catenary wire grips:

could also use a length of nylon cord stretched parallel to the wire cord with knots at suitable intervals.

Cic.

[JimK]

a nice idea - tho the wire is now fully installed (i.e. I ain't going up that wobbly ladder again witrhout a *lot* of lateral thinking!! :>)

I'd also pondered using meccano "collars" - (round brass with grub screw - used on axles etc) but similar installation probs.

Cheers JimK

[JimK]

describes folding it back on itself and making a loop...

mmmm not fancying the extra "wobbly ladder" action involved in that one!

Cheers JimK

[Malcolm]

B&Q Depot?

Malcolm

[Steve Walker]

cable ties will be sufficient and easy to experiment with

[Dave]

His problem will still be the ladder though.

To the OP, how high up is the wire and by what amount does it slope?

Dave

[Nightjar]

A waste of time IMO

Bignell

[Steve Firth]

I suspect what you are talking about are rope grips or bulldog grips. In marine environments these are mostly stainless steel, although heavy galvanised are also use on older boats. Quite cheap at most chandlers.

I'd suggest that you also consider getting turnbuckle ends for the rope which will eliminate some, if not all, of the sag.

[JimK]

mmm used on their own as stops I don't think they'll be big enough to work....or do you mean to attach something with them to act as a stop?

Pondering on, I reckon that, in rough weather, the carabiner type hooks i'm hanging the feeders etc.may, given enough momentum, ride over smaller stops....

Cheers JimK

[JimK]

ah well my ingenious lowering mechanism gets it within easy reach for "loading" purposes ;>)

Cheers JimK

[JimK]

> Colin Bignell

maybe but those vids are almost obviously intended to entertain not actually prevent the feckers succeeding.

Witness the success of those plastic dome shields when sited optimally

- i.e. away from potential aerial "launch sites" that the furry feckers can jump from directly onto the feeder....

Plus mine's a metal wire rope which makes it conductive.... :>)

Cheers JimK

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember JimK saying something like:

Go into your nearest farmers' store and find wire rope clamps - dead cheap for the small size you need.

[Ian Stirling]

key is to get the squirrels doing amazing stuff, so you can live off the adwords. :)

[Pete Verdon]

Learn to tie a rolling hitch?

Pete

[JimK]

in wire rope? not enough spare slack I suspect....

Cheers JimK

[Dave]

You didn't mention that you can easily lower the wire.

Then use the centenary wire grips with a bit of dowel between the wire and the grip, hang the feeders and hoist back up/

Dave

[Dave Liquorice]

Unless you can pass enough current down it to get suffcient volt drop between front and back paws. Birds sit on power lines all the time, men work of the super grid lines, live...

The only time having the wire electrified is a problem is getting on/off it from/to something else that can form a circuit. Unless you zapped te tree rat the first time they'd soon learn to jump over the insulator rather than climb round it.