Pistonheads Pulley Problem

[redchina]

I have made a clothes drying 'jenny' from dowling and 'end bits'.
it is roughly 6' x 2' and will be suspended at two central points, one at each end.

Now I could hang this, using two ropes that go vertically up from the hanging points, to two pulleys and over to
a tie off point.

But i would quite like to do it using only one rope - Is there an elegant solution?

[TheEnd]

You could get the 2 ropes to then run towards each other across the ceiling to a 3rd point, then straight down.

If you only used one rope, it would always have to be balanced.

[tenex]

Use a double pulley at one end and form a loop of rope.






Sorry for the poor pics.

[redchina]

Aha!

Cheers for the pics, that is exactly what I was going to do!
(Tying the two ropes together to, in effect, have one rope)

but is there a one rope solution?

I do like the first suggestion though, I hadnt thought of taking the two ropes into one at the centre...

[thinfourth2]

It is posible to do with one rope but it won't be hugely stable and you will need more pullys

Tie rope to the first roof pully

Attach a pully to the first frame on the rack and put the rope through this.

Attach a pully to the second frame on the rack and thread the rope through this and then back up to your ceiling pully and then to where you want