"I've just started the work on the next turnbuckles so I'll post a photo or two once finished showing my method." Here’s a bit more detail on the turnbuckle story and how I approached it. Apologies for the imagery, but the macro feature on my camera gave up the ghost recently. With reference to Photo 1:
Top Left – single length of Nichrome wire
Middle Left – wire bent in the middle to roughly 90 degrees and threaded onto a Gaspatch turnbuckle
Bottom – wire is bent back on itself, eyelet tool hook inserted into the bend in the wire, not the loop on the turnbuckle end
Top Right – eyelet partially completed by turning the eyelet tool maintaining a bit of tension on the wire. Don't twist too much or the wire might break. The size of the eyelet loop will give you an idea as to when it is "right."
Photo 2: the end result. Four turnbuckles fitted with eyelets. The eyelet “tails” will be trimmed and shortened in order to be fitted into the four holes to be drilled into their retaining plate.
And that's basically it. BTW, if you haven't made up an "eyelet tool" I'd recommend that you do. It's so simple it's genius.
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