{"id":7689,"date":"2026-04-25T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:57:43","slug":"shop-made-screw-shackles-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7689","title":{"rendered":"Shop Made Screw Shackles Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Needing to make a number of hooks for the shackles and the ends of tie down chains I decided to make another jig. Initially I made up a couple of hooks to gauge the length between the bends then I drilled a couple of holes in yet another plug pin and added some piano wire. i confess that I was very sceptical about how well the piano wire would hold up being quite thin at 0.8mm but in practice it&#8217;s been more than fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7690\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig-768x508.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig-453x300.jpg 453w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hook-bending-jig.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hook Bending Jig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I had made a few I cut some lengths of copper coated chain that I had left over from a Connoisseur kit and fitted hooks to each end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-1024x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7691\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-1024x227.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-300x66.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-768x170.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-1536x340.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-2048x453.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chains-with-hooks-500x111.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally I started adding a hook to each end of the shackles. like making up the D links it was another steady but quite therapeutic job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-1024x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7692\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-1024x292.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-1536x439.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-2048x585.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screw-shackles-complete-with-hooks-500x143.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Needing to make a number of hooks for the shackles and the ends of tie down chains I decided to make another jig. 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