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[quote=yurdle]I spliced two dyneema lines to the ronstan 20mms, with one luggage tagged to the snap shackle for the outhaul.  Those two cascade, with a 3/16 sta-set line running through the last one and out through a thru-deck to the cleat.  I can't really take a picture b/c its inside the tube.  The outhaul actually runs very smoothly.  I was a bit concerned about the soft shackles sliding well under load, but that doesn't so far seem to be the case.

I have a notepad with the drawing I used to make it laying around somewhere...unfortunately I have more projects than sense and all the stacks of notes I CAN find don't seem to be related to this project.

The trickiest part is probably the thru-deck in the center, since it has to go in after the two blocks with a line running through it.  The 1.5" tube leaves zero extra room to work with lines around the blocks.  It all has to slide in in place.

The thru decks fasten to the INSIDE not the outside, so they are a little tougher than they look at first glance, but a little patience and LOTS of string got it done.

I also takes a little planning to make sure that the paths traveled by the blocks don't interfere with the backs of the blind rivets...I mostly got lucky in this regard.

The thick ring at the back of the boom looks nice, but it was a total accident and made it a bit tougher to manipulate the rear thru-deck block.  I was trying to test fit my fittings (had a few chunks of aluminum machined, was an excellent idea) and accidentally press-fit one.  About 15 minutes of sawing later and I had a smooth little ring on the inside, and a shorter fitting.[/quote]

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