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today we are going to be talking about shackles specifically what a shackle is
what it's used for and then the different types of shackles and how they are used if you like this
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So what are shackles well shackles are basically a type of rigging fitting that you're going to use
as an attachment component a good example of how shackle would be used is say like where
a turnbuckle needs to be able to connect to an eye bolt so say you might have an eye bolt
that's connected to a post and then you have to be able to connect that turnbuckle to the eye bolt a
shackle is going to be that component in between the two that's going to connect them together
so now let's talk about the different parts of a shackle pretty basic you have the bow
of the shackle right here you of course have the pin which is going to be used to attach
and then detach the shackle from different types of rigging components and rigging assemblies
then you have the ears of the shackle and the ears of the shackle are of course what the
pin goes through in this case with a screw pin anchor shackle one side of this ear is threaded
the other is not so this pin threads into the ear that's the three different parts of a shackle.
So now let's talk about the different material and coating types that shackles come in now this
is a really important thing to consider whenever you're selecting a shackle for your application
and it's going to kind of be dictated by what type of environment the shackle is going to be used in
the materials that we're going to talk about are going to be hot dip galvanized
powder coated galvanized and then stainless steel The first coating type we'll talk about is going
to be hot dip galvanizing hot dip galvanized components are very very popular and they're
going to be used in the majority of general purpose type applications but keep in mind that
if you're using hot dip galvanized shackles around salt water you're not going to have the same sort
of corrosion resistance that you would with stainless steel the next coating type is going
to be powder coated galvanized this is going to be a step above just regular hot dip galvanizing
and it's going to provide more durability over the course of life of the shackle when it comes
to corrosion resistance it's really hard to beat stainless steel shackles especially in
salt water environments but keep in mind that the word stainless does not mean that it's rust proof
so they will require a little bit of care you can always just wash them off with some fresh water
or even clean them off with a stainless steel cleaner now the only real downside to stainless
steel shackles is that they're not going to be as strong as regular steel shackles
so now we're going to talk about the different types of shackles and mainly
we're going to have bow and anchor type shackles chain shackles and then specialty type shackles
so for the most popular types of shackles that we carry it's going to be anchor and then bow-type
shackles and the biggest difference between the two is that the anchor type shackle is going
to kind of have a little bit slimmer type of bow whereas a bow type shackle the bow is going to be
a lot wider which is going to allow it to be side loaded in different types of rigging applications
next up we have chain or d shackles which is going to be referring to the d shape that it
makes and these are mostly going to be used for chain and the reason being is because the bow
is a lot straighter a little bit more narrow which makes the shackle ideal for straight
in-line loading and pulling last up are going to be specialty type shackles this one in particular
is a snapshackle and this is used for marine and sailing type applications but if you want to
learn more about specialty type shackles i would check out our shackle category on the website
that's going to be it for today's video hopefully you learned something about shackles and don't
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I'm Tyler with E-Rigging thanks for watching
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