gordon_dunn Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Just a minor gripe I'm having with my Miniplane cage. During assembly/disassembly of the cage ring, I get some very fine glass splinters in my fingers- not very sore, but very irritating. Any way of avoiding this? Maybe just using leather gloves for the operation would cure it, but would be interested in hearing anyone elses experiences. Had a similar problem a few years back with some windsock ground spikes- I stopped using them for this reason. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Update: Just discovered a way to prevent this. As the flibre glass continually flexes during it's life, the top layers 'delaminate' and shed some fine splinters, which pass through the outer nylon sheath, and can easily penetrate skin. Covering the poles in electrical 'shrink wrap' reduces the amount of shedding,but preserves the flexibility/performance of the poles. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Excellent Gordon. Presumably if the poles fit into a socket then they will still fit? Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Same deal with tent pole little feckers. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Yes- just ordered more tubing- will do the ground spikes, and tent poles too. Should be able to do the whole length of the Miniplane poles, as the socket is a bit wider than it needs to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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