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Wikipedia defines pulleys as "A pulley is a wheel on an axle that is designed to support movement of a cable or belt along its circumference", though I think th
by jlgreco 13y ago
Wikipedia defines pulleys as "A pulley is a wheel on an axle that is designed to support movement of a cable or belt along its circumference", though I think the wheel/axle requirement is probably shouldn't be considered a hard requirement.
On the other hand, I don't think I would call the loops that fishing line passes through along the length of a fishing pole "pulleys".
I guess I'd say that block and tackle is not common, and neither are "wheeled pulleys", but "friction pulleys" are.
- sliverstorm 13y agoIf your line is out, and you take up slack and the fishing pole starts to bow, the loops are indeed functioning as pulleys.
- jlgreco 13y agoAbsolutely, in the technical sense, though I would hesitate to actually describe it that way. It seems strange. Alternatively, shoelace eyelets are pulleys ('block and tackle' in fact) , but describing them that way seems odd.