Thank you very much. I thought my logic may be a little off. The textbook that I have "Physics" by Paul E. Tippens just touches on pulleys, and I kept running in circles in my logic. The reason I was using the spring clip instead of a pulley was simply because that's what home depot had...
I am desiging a simple deflection test apparatus for my company.
In the system I am using a few pulleys, a steel cable, a force gage, and a ratchet strap.
I want to use the ratchet strap as opposed to dead weights so I can apply varying amounts of force to the test member.
My question...