Wobbly cage Solution

[mar]

Until yesterday night I had to tie off Bob's cage to hooks on the walls to secure it from imitating some building in Italy. Then I started thinking about my tent and what it says to do in high wind -- internal guys.

I took a light weight string and ran it from the upper corner along the wall to the lower opposite corner and tied it off VERY tight. This string is tight enough to let out an audible twang when struck. As the stretch is pulled out of the string it does not allow the diagonal to change length and holds the cage square. If you do an X pattern on the wall with two strings you constrain the wall to stay in what ever shape you put it in.

I only did two walls and the cage is now rigid.

2 cent solution to a problem inherent in many cages.

Mark

[prism_wolf]

Sounds like a great idea Mark. I will have to keep this in mind when I hear of some else complaining about their wobbly cage...

[mar]

I got the idea from my three season backpacking tent. With the internal guys it can withstand wind gusts in excess of 70 mph, without it can only withstand 30mph.

My new cage uses little pvc but guys on three walls and seems to be more stable than my old cage that has twice the PVC but 1/3 the volume.