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It's solid rod, heat formed around an old steel fitting from my junk pile. Actually on mine, the bent diameter is less than the bollard. I made two grooves on the sides of the bollard to fit it. I made the bar in two parts. The big lower part for anchoring and holding the bollard, the smaller...

Yes, that surely would, but I didn't take this way because my very few attempts at inox welding weren't a great success. I didn't want to jeopardize this critical gear, so I stayed with what I can do reasonably well. Or actually not too badly, from a pro welder's point of view.

I did one myself too when I began to climb. To protect it from the rust, I used a so called "galvanizing paint" in spray can. Nothing to do with real galvanization, it's only a paint heavily loaded with zinc dust. As I expected, the paint wore out real fast along the rope's path and on the...