Poured Sockets

[P38]

Hi Bron,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I agree that the commercial poured sockets are big and heavy. Instead of the big cast industrial ones I was thinking about making up some light, efficient sockets machined from high tensile steel and bronze (depending on where they're going). Using forked ends instead of the usual hoop could allow them to be much more compact and still give good access to the wire. I'd prefer to use molten zinc instead of the epoxy compounds.

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this.

Regards, Paul

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
I just hope that you have engineered your sockets well, and not just eyeballed things, counting on strength of materials; I've seen similar attempts come to serious grief from stress risers at either end of the socket.
Also, molten metal has zero advantages over something like Socketfast, so why risk burning your toes and other body parts?
Yours,
Brion Toss

[P38]

Hi Brion,

Understood. Thanks for the reply. If I go this way I'll definitely do a stress analysis on the fittings. Rigging failures are way too expensive to do otherwise!

Thanks, Paul