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Old 06-13-2009, 11:12 PM
jamesorcas jamesorcas is offline
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Default relaxing 1x19 galvanized wire

Hello,
I have a 500' roll of 5/8" 1x19 galvanized wire, and a 300 foot roll of 1/2" 1x19 galvanized wire. How much tension should this wire be under when parcel and serving it. Will this process get the 'memory' of the roll out of it?

Also, I have 600' of 9/16" vectran. How much tension does this require while being parceled and served?

Is it usual to cut these products to length , plus a safety margin, and parcel and serve each piece. Or do you do the whole length and then cut it?

I am hoping to haul out in port townsend somewhere in august to work on the hull. Then somewhere in september -october assemble the spars and rigging. I would like to have an idea of what I ought to do ahead of time to prepare the rigging.

Thank you,
I am posting my progress on http://schoonerphoenix.org
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