From TRE:TRE doesn't say cast or billet and there could be a spectrum of cast quality based on who and where it was done, no?
Warn is still claiming they are using forged billets. https://www.warn.com/100334-premium-fairlead-polishedI don't believe they are poorly cast and polished, I think the porous nature of it just being a casting is the problem.
Historically they have been machined from quality 6061 T-6 plate. Right here in SoCal.TRE doesn't say cast or billet and there could be a spectrum of cast quality based on who and where it was done, no?
if this is accurate it'd tell me more about what the actual substraight of base material was rather than what they charge for it.to cause the least abrasion to synthetic winch rope while under load
That screws me up a bit because I hadn't considered a crappy forging die set.Warn is still claiming they are using forged billets. https://www.warn.com/100334-premium-fairlead-polished
That isn't the Warn hawse I was using. Mine was steel or cast iron with a black PC. Either way, it wasn't appropriate for synthetic.Warn is still claiming they are using forged billets. https://www.warn.com/100334-premium-fairlead-polished
It just means the back of the opening is radiused and it has a line delineating the fairlead mount minimum opening size to keep sharp edges away from the rope. I know what the base material is. I work with the machinist and I designed the part.if this is accurate it'd tell me more about what the actual base material was rather than what they charge for it.
Synthetic lines are cheap, no need for a good fairlead to protect them anyway.well mine wern't no high end piece. the machined surface is rolled around the backside quite a bit to allow it to travel cleanly, but i fear whats underneath once the smooth PC worn. i consider it a disposable item, due for upgrade.
It did for me too. The cavities on the back side of the thing screams cast though.That screws me up a but because I hadn't considered a crappy forging die set.
Cast ductile iron. Good for wire rope hell on synthetic.That isn't the Warn hawse I was using. Mine was steel or cast iron with a black PC. Either way, it wasn't appropriate for synthetic.
Not that anyone should but some time spent smoothing the opening and getting it near polished would make one very serviceable. Too much maintenance to get the rust off after every use though.It did for me too. The cavities on the back side of the thing screams cast though.
Cast ductile iron. Good for wire rope hell on synthetic.
another good point. they should be considered expendables, if you use it enough...............or not enough.Synthetic lines are cheap, no need for a good fairlead to protect them anyway.
I did some file work on mine, but nowhere near a polish. I remember taking some small knobs and flashing off of the opening. I knew enough back then that they shouldn't be there. And there was some pitting that I relied on the powder coat to fill in. That was a mistake.Not that anyone should but some time spent smoothing the opening and getting it near polished would make one very serviceable. Too much maintenance to get the rust off after every use though.
I don't think a bag of any reasonable trail weight or type fo construction is of much help. When the line parts the bag and the cable both fall at the exact same rate, 32 feet per second per second. Unless the end of the rope happens to whip around the bag it will likely just shoot right through the fold.The bags never really made sense to me, since the only real way for the bag to slow the line is to physically attach the weight to the line. Then you have a big heavy bag being moved at a high speed.
The bag will drop the height of the line above the ground by the length of time it is able to stay on the line. At those speeds, it lowers the height of the cable by fractions of an inch before the cable shoots out of the fold. The only way you will change that is to attach the bag to the line. Then you need the crystal ball to predict the break location.the tension on the cable would alter that simple gravity vs height formula, no? the bag is not under tension the string is.
No. The cable, the bag, a bullet fired from a gun, and a rock will all fall at the same rate. (yes ... I know ... in a vacuum but for real world purposes its the same rate)the tension on the cable would alter that simple gravity vs height formula, no? the bag is not under tension the string is.
Two bullets, one fired from a gun and one dropped from your hand at the exact same time, will fall to the ground at the exact same time.the tension on the cable would alter that simple gravity vs height formula, no? the bag is not under tension the string is.
Assuming the barrel's path is parallel to the ground when the gun is fired.Two bullets, one fired from a gun and one dropped from your hand at the exact same time, will fall to the ground at the exact same time.