I had a little brainstorm recently. I was searching around for suitable anti skate weights for a Sony PS-5520 I am working on. I have been to bead stores in the past and used lead fishing weights and though the first were pretty they were usually too light or bulky and the second were ugly.
I remembered I had a clevis pin on my desk at work. It came with a stainless steel washer and has a convenient hole for the fishing line. The neat thing is that by adding additional washers I can readily adjust the weight. The washers I had lying around that fit each were about .5 to .6 grams. As far as I can tell the Sony should have something in the 2 to 3 gram range so I can get there easily. Of course the line can be moved along the notched rod to adjust the bias but this adds more versatility.
I will put up another pic when I get the string attached and on the table. The pin I am using is about 4 mm in diameter in the body and 6 at the head, and about 9 mm long.
Clevis pin by Buhduh, on Flickr
No washer:
Clevis pin 1.1 by Buhduh, on Flickr
One washer:
Clevic pin 1.63 by Buhduh, on Flickr
Three washers:
Clevis pin 2.81 by Buhduh, on Flickr
I remembered I had a clevis pin on my desk at work. It came with a stainless steel washer and has a convenient hole for the fishing line. The neat thing is that by adding additional washers I can readily adjust the weight. The washers I had lying around that fit each were about .5 to .6 grams. As far as I can tell the Sony should have something in the 2 to 3 gram range so I can get there easily. Of course the line can be moved along the notched rod to adjust the bias but this adds more versatility.
I will put up another pic when I get the string attached and on the table. The pin I am using is about 4 mm in diameter in the body and 6 at the head, and about 9 mm long.
Clevis pin by Buhduh, on Flickr
No washer:
Clevis pin 1.1 by Buhduh, on Flickr
One washer:
Clevic pin 1.63 by Buhduh, on Flickr
Three washers:
Clevis pin 2.81 by Buhduh, on Flickr