Steve Clayton Wrote:
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> Author: Warwick ()
> Date: March 04, 2020 09:35PM
> "Rope isn't designed for abrasion when you
> calculate its tension strength"
>
> now we're talking science, however...
>
> I will own that the same argument has been made
> concerning how fast copper dulls.
>
> That one is easily solved with the knowledge they
> had more than enough bodies, each man with an adze
> or chisel would have 1 or 2 sharpeners/honers
>
> that doesn't work with rope
>
>
> Warwick
>
>
> Hi Warwick,
>
> How do you feel about this device. It is a static
> post, though it has a greased sleeve of copper
> running around it. The wear & tear would be
> primarily between the back side of the greased
> copper sleeve and the post. As it free spins, the
> friction on the ropes would be greatly reduced.
>
>


1. there is absolutely no evidence of them employing such a device or
for them creating copper sheeting

2. the grease would slowly percolate throughput the rope that the haulers have to hang on to


Warwick