Hell Chicken, I am neither about work or money - I’m a boat bum, Maynard G. Krebs my hero and idol. Just making this was more work than I am accustomed to. I put two lines of aquarium silicone on the insides of both markers last night, and it hangs quite well without a wrap like this. Boy howdy, I learned the hard way not to touch the thing once hanging. I was at 15 pounds this am, and was admiring how the device squeezes, and of course just had to see how much pressure was on the shoelaces up top, and the whole thing let loose like a cannon.
I have been struggling with my BIB for a month now. The whole wrap thing is getting me down. I am not giving up mind you, but it has been a journey. This thing, with the silicone beads, just goes right on and hangs. Not sure about upper weight limits though. Seems to be getting dicey at 15 pounds. Will try 20 tomorrow.
You know, I built mine using markers (as you suggested), round shoelaces instead of cord, and the hook taken off a suction-cup picture hanger. I only need to slip the shoelace off the markers, and true stealth is obtained. I was thinking that it would be interesting to make it out of a 1x2 board - more surface area, and to play around with the location of the holes. Instead, sounds like you are way ahead of me - as it should be. I look forward to the improved version, though I bet it won’t be as small…
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