Adding an end hook to a Spencer tape

[Hundred Acre Wood]

Does anyone know if you can add a spencer release nail to a regular loop end without requiring their proprietary rivet tool?

 

[chiselbit]

I have always used a horseshoe nail.

 

[chiselbit]

Which I guess doesn’t answer your question at all. I know nothing about the hooks.

 

[srcarr52]

Does anyone know if you can add a spencer release nail to a regular loop end without requiring their proprietary rivet tool?

You can slip them on past the release detent onto the swivel ring.

 

[Hundred Acre Wood]

You can slip them on past the release detent onto the swivel ring.

Right, but my tape just has the loop end. So I guess I lose the swivel unless I re-rivet it?

 

[srcarr52]

Right, but my tape just has the loop end. So I guess I lose the swivel unless I re-rivet it?

Ok, now I'm remembering. I knocked the rivets out with a punch and reinstalled them. I used a center punch to flare them out and then knocked them flat with a larger punch.

You'll want to so this anyway because you want to cut off a little tape and drill new holes as the swivel adds around 1" to the tape.

 

[Hundred Acre Wood]

Thank you for taking the time to write such a clear explanation!

I'll order that hook and try it.