toggle strength

[allene]

Originally Posted by benz

Hi Allen,

Thanks for running those numbers, and the info on pin-hole alignment. Since my halyards are 7/16", then a hardwood pin that "looks" right ought to be sufficiently strong. Splicing too small a pin on a thick line just looks silly, and puts a tighter radius on the splice. And even my biggest toggle pins (or my wooden belaying pins, for that matter) are still much lighter than a SS shackle. I might try a bronze toggle pin where I have high-load HM lines (running backstay), but for lesser things I think the wood will be all right.

I agree, wood looks like a good choice. I think the numbers I ran are for white oak. Teak would be about the same and may have some advantages.

The thing I have not done is run some numbers on how large a diameter toggle we should use. That would be an interesting exercise but would depend on the size of the hole in the headboard so may be a little hard to generalize.