It's kind of hard to tell but it looks like the bottom portion of the turnbuckle has a 'hook' where it's attached to the anchor. Is that correct?
The reason I ask is that I can get turnbuckles for free at work (scrap) but there's a hook on one end, and I wasn't sure if this was generally accepted as safe. It is possible to get some extras, ans swap over the hoop end, but even though they're free, they're a bit of a pain to actually salvage.
As the opposing ends of a turnbuckle have opposite threads I think you will have trouble swapping ends - maybe if you have turnbuckles made by different manufacturers you might have some luck.[ Parent ]
You can always weld a short piece of rod across the hook to make it into an eye.
That's what I'm going to do with the 8 turnbuckles on the tower in Vanuabalavu, anyway. I'm not happy with the way I left it last year:
http://www.smallsolar.org/success/mar2006/
BTH[ Parent ]
