Ratchet style lock handle

[jddevel]

Where's the best place to buy a "ratchet" style lock handle please.

[haggis]

I love my Go Windlass windlass! https://gowindlass.co.uk/

 

haggis

[Sea Dog]

1 minute ago, haggis said:

I love my Go Windlass windlass! https://gowindlass.co.uk/

 

haggis

Is that the best of a cast of one or are there others on the market Haggis?

[Hudds Lad]

1 minute ago, Sea Dog said:

Is that the best of a cast of one or are there others on the market Haggis?

there is the Lockmaster, but its quite a few quid more and looks HUGE in comparison http://www.lockmasterwindlass.co.uk/

 

i like the look of the GoWindlass, but my tight yorkshireness prohibits me from spending that much on a windlass  

[haggis]

3 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Is that the best of a cast of one or are there others on the market Haggis?

I think there are other makes on the market but having seen one of these in action and having read what folk on here said, Santa brought me the Go Windlass one. 

 

haggis

[haggis]

1 minute ago, Hudds Lad said:

there is the Lockmaster, but its quite a few quid more and looks HUGE in comparison http://www.lockmasterwindlass.co.uk/

 

i like the look of the GoWindlass, but my tight yorkshireness prohibits me from spending that much on a windlass  

With me is was almost a necessity! For years my windlass of choice had been a long throw aluminium one but I found that the big circles my arm had to make when using it was causing painful shoulders , especially after doing long flights. With the Go Windlass, I often find it is enough to use the very short non ratchet hole  and locking shoulder pain is a thing of the past.

 

Haggis

[jddevel]

One problem I see is that they stated somewhere that they are not compatiable with the modern tappered spindle-have they now changed the design and is that nolonger the case?

[TheBiscuits]

4 minutes ago, jddevel said:

One problem I see is that they stated somewhere that they are not compatiable with the modern tappered spindle-have they now changed the design and is that nolonger the case?

 

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[alias]

4 minutes ago, jddevel said:

One problem I see is that they stated somewhere that they are not compatiable with the modern tappered spindle-have they now changed the design and is that nolonger the case?

They say: "The GO Windlass will not fit non standard sized tapered spindles found in some areas particularly on the Grand Union canal between Napton junction and Kingswood junction (which include Hatton and Stockton locks) and those around Calcutt. These tend to be the more modern ”kettle” hydraulic gates which have larger taper."

[Arthur Marshall]

1 hour ago, jddevel said:

One problem I see is that they stated somewhere that they are not compatiable with the modern tappered spindle-have they now changed the design and is that nolonger the case?

Fitted everything on the T&M, Shroppie and Llangollen. It's a bit loose though, so can slip off.

[Ex Brummie]

A pair of leytools will cost considerably less than ratchet a windlass and are more manageable.

A 1" suits all the usual taper shaft narrow locks.

Edited September 7, 2020 by Ex Brummie
to give size

[robtheplod]

Interesting as we are looking at these but came across a user who said its pretty useless on the spindles found on GU Calcutt locks/Hatton flight etc - they are too large and its pretty dangerous as it slips off very easily?  Can anyone confirm if newly purchased ones are better than older ones??

[Nightwatch]

2 hours ago, robtheplod said:

Interesting as we are looking at these but came across a user who said its pretty useless on the spindles found on GU Calcutt locks/Hatton flight etc - they are too large and its pretty dangerous as it slips off very easily?  Can anyone confirm if newly purchased ones are better than older ones??

Correct. We found it doesn’t fit those lock bits.

[Sea Dog]

22 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:

Correct. We found it doesn’t fit those lock bits.

How hard can it be? My cheapo alloy ones fit those pretty happily. Am I missing something that makes this more difficult for a rachet one?

[Rob-M]

The ratchet is of the small spindle size variety, I can't recall whether it is tapered or not.  I guess a larger tapered hole could have been used similar to the Dunton so it would fit most spindles.

[Keeping Up]

On 07/09/2020 at 22:31, alias said:

They say: "The GO Windlass will not fit non standard sized tapered spindles found in some areas particularly on the Grand Union canal between Napton junction and Kingswood junction (which include Hatton and Stockton locks) and those around Calcutt. These tend to be the more modern ”kettle” hydraulic gates which have larger taper."

Point of order m'Lud, those spindles are not tapered.

[alias]

1 hour ago, Keeping Up said:

Point of order m'Lud, those spindles are not tapered.

Indeed, and neither is the paddle mechanism hydraulic on those locks, let alone the gates. 

 

While checking an obscure grammatical point recently I came across a blog witten to promote a proof reading service. It had the answer I sought, but to see it I had to click on a pop up window asking whether the reader was interested in their services.  When I clicked "No thanks" it acknowledged my reply with the message "Good luck, genius!"

Edited September 10, 2020 by alias

[Laurie Booth]

On 07/09/2020 at 15:11, haggis said:

I love my Go Windlass windlass! https://gowindlass.co.uk/

 

haggis

I'm very happy with my gowindlass   In fact, I now have two

[Sea Dog]

3 hours ago, Laurie Booth said:

I'm very happy with my gowindlass   In fact, I now have two

That's a good idea - you can do 2 paddles at once when single handing...!

[Rob-M]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

That's a good idea - you can do 2 paddles at once when single handing...!

Or use them as door stops if you don't do any locks.

[Ronaldo47]

Or have a backup when you drop one in a lock!