Playing with the standard shade (stringy thingy with the back-stabber spools on each end) and found there is no tension device in it. It's just one string that runs from one spool, up-across-down the shade to the other spoolie.
Tension appears to depend on how hard the installer pulls on the string, then they tie a knot and cut off the excess after the spool is mounted on the triangle corner plate.
ETI has that metal triangular plate fabricated to mount the spool. Working up a more flexible version for those windows where we sit.
I ordered all these parts thru ETI to dismember and play with. Wifey said NO to taking apart our 21 shades..........
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Not sure what you are attempting to do.
Trying to get rid of the spools?
I've had no problem with tension myself.
Suspect wifey might be a bit tense though.
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I have had a couple of them apart for various reasons. They are a very simple design, and I appreciate that.
If you tighten the string, the action is stiffer. I imagine this is what you need to do to help them stay up, but that was never the issue with mine.
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