{"id":30,"date":"2025-08-23T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windlassgypsy.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:49:14","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/windlassgypsy.com\/index.php\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30\" class=\"elementor elementor-30\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f429454 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f429454\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25c645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a25c645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\t\t\t<style>\t    \r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item__question { color: #000000!important; }\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item__answer { color: #000000!important; }\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item-container { border-color: #e8e8e8!important; }\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item-container--active .epkb-faqs__item__question { border-color: #e8e8e8!important; }\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item__question { background-color: #FFFFFF; }\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item__answer { background-color: #FFFFFF; }\r\n\t\t\t.epkb-faqs__item__question__icon { color: #000000; }\t.epkb-faqs-title { text-align: center!important; }\t\t\t<\/style>\t\r\n\t\t<div id=\"epkb-ml-faqs-basic-layout\" class=\"epkb-faqs-container epkb-faqs-accordion-mode epkb-faqs-space-small epkb-faqs-border-rounded epkb-faqs-border-all epkb-faqs-icon-left epkb-faqs-compact-medium epkb-faqs-col-1\"> \t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"epkb-faqs-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Frequently Asked Questions<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs-cat-content-container\">\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs-cat-container\" id=\"epkb-faqs-cat-3\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__items-list-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__items-list epkb-list-column-1\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item-container\" id=\"epkb-faqs-article-114\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question\" data-faq-type=\"faqs\">     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-closed epkbfa epkbfa-plus\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-open epkbfa epkbfa-minus\"><\/div>    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__text\">Why does the chain skip on a wndlass gypsy?<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer__text\">    <p>The two most common reasons why the chain skips on the gypsy are:<\/p>\n<li> Wear of the gypsy itself \u2013 when the pockets are worn down, the chain no longer seats properly.<\/li>\n<li> Incorrect chain pitch \u2013 if the pitch of the chain does not match the gypsy standard, the chain will not engage correctly.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item-container\" id=\"epkb-faqs-article-115\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question\" data-faq-type=\"faqs\">     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-closed epkbfa epkbfa-plus\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-open epkbfa epkbfa-minus\"><\/div>    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__text\">What do we need to make a new windlass gypsy(s)?<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer__text\">    <p>For the fabrication of a gypsy, there are two options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can send us the technical drawings or a 3D model of the gypsy you want to have made.<\/li>\n<li>You can send us the old gypsy along with 1\u20131.5 m of the chain for which the gypsy is being made.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item-container\" id=\"epkb-faqs-article-116\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question\" data-faq-type=\"faqs\">     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-closed epkbfa epkbfa-plus\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__icon epkb-faqs__item__question__icon-open epkbfa epkbfa-minus\"><\/div>    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__question__text\">What surface protection does a windlass gypsy have?<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"epkb-faqs__item__answer__text\">    <p>Surface protection is applied only to gypsies made of steel. 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