Ed (allisoes) asked me in my lifting cable thread what size shackles would look good with them. Well, none of the YCC shackles are big enough so, I decided to try and make a large shackle like the ones that Tim posted. The shackle I made is just for feasibility purposes. It is still not big enough and, I was limited by the size of styrene plastic I had on hand. It was pretty straight forward work. Here's some photos:
Here's YCC's biggest shackle
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0349.jpg)
Here is the shackle I modeled
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/HEAVYSHACKLE.png)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0350.jpg)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0352.jpg)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0351.jpg)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0353.jpg)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0354.jpg)
![](http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/twm1722/IMG_0356.jpg)
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Tom
It's pretty sad when the only modeling tool you own is a box cutter.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you start to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow