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Interesting to me that everyone is calling this a "cable". It might be the combination of climbing/sailing/rigging/nerd ... but I'd never call that structural
by oasisbob 6y ago
Interesting to me that everyone is calling this a "cable".
It might be the combination of climbing/sailing/rigging/nerd ... but I'd never call that structural element that broke a cable.
The only cables I can think of either carry electrons, photons, or signal wires (say, a clutch cable). I'm being maybe pedantic, curious what others think, esp in industry.
- captainredbeard 6y agoIt's a very common term: https://www.mcmaster.com/steel-cable https://www.mcmaster.com/steel-cable
- myself248 6y agoWhat would you call it, then? On a suspension bridge, what are the catenary pieces called?
- vidanay 6y agoOr even.....a cable stayed bridge.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoI don't understand how you can be a sailing/rigging nerd and say that isn't a cable. Last time I checked nautical cables do not carry photons or signals. Arresting cables, bowden cables are also cables that do not do so.
- oasisbob 6y agoI would call it wire rope, or a support line. If I worked with it often enough, I'd probably refer to it by size or construction (EHS, 7x7, etc) I'd argue that a Bowden cable (eg a clutch cable) is primarily carrying a signal... really though, just thinking through what defines a cable. By contrast, rope and line are terms with fairly specific meanings.