ryand26•6d agoProlific Poster

I finally tried the 'wrong' way to set up a governor rope on a 2:1 machine

Everyone says you gotta run the rope dead straight across the sheave, no exceptions. But on a tight MRL install at a 12-story building in Austin last month, I angled the rope slightly to clear a beam and it ran smooth for 30 cycles. Has anyone else bent the rules on governor rope routing and gotten away with it?

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angela8906d ago

Notice the "wrong" way works more often than people admit, kind of like parking a truck against the curb.

drew_thomas96d ago

Just like half the rules in life, it's more about luck than law.