The climber in me is both intrigued but also alarmed at what this DIY gear might be used for
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The climber in me is both intrigued but also alarmed at what this DIY gear might be used for
In the quest for minimal play I tightened up the backlash adjustment on my mini mill a bit too much so the plastic handles started spinning around the keyed metal insert 
So popped a 3mm endmill in and roughly tapped it into position for drilling half and half before tapping in a piece of ali tig wire as a key/rivet!
Now I have keyed the keyed part and I can tighten to my heart's content without it slipping!
So popped a 3mm endmill in and roughly tapped it into position for drilling half and half before tapping in a piece of ali tig wire as a key/rivet!
Now I have keyed the keyed part and I can tighten to my heart's content without it slipping!
What happens nest is those brass inserts fail, or rather the plastic around them does, due to the additional force you are pushing through them.
I bored out the end blocks behind the wheels and fitted two deep-groove flange ball races - massively reduced the effort required. And fitted some small aluminium hand wheels bought with a pilot bore from WDS.
I bored out the end blocks behind the wheels and fitted two deep-groove flange ball races - massively reduced the effort required. And fitted some small aluminium hand wheels bought with a pilot bore from WDS.
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I also partially bored out the end blocks and added some needle roller thrust bearings on each side of it for the friction years ago.
If the handles fail I'll just make new cast ones, this was just a quick and simple fix which should last me for a long time.
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Haha, have you tested the load solo shock absorber?The climber in me is both intrigued but also alarmed at what this DIY gear might be used for
Spliced eyes are very common in tree work, it reduces the rope strength less than knots. Im following this process exactly.
Tonights attempt was with Ocean cord, this has a 50/50 mix of polyester and kevlar in the cover for abrasion and heat resistance.
I have been struggling to pull the core back through with various tools, then I found some expandable nylon cable sleeving, which I took from and old dead pc power supply. This became 1000x easier.
Top eye done but needs stitching. The bottom eye needs to be pulled tight untill the red line buries inside the cover ( hands were getting sore).
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That looks incredible! Lasers are brilliant
Yea nice little test at a nearby spot, bunch of old 10m tall railway viaduct pillars bolted for sport so I chose the "easiest" route (6a which actually was more like a 7a...) and managed to successfully climb it and bungee worked beautifully.Haha, have you tested the load solo shock absorber?
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This is the machine cutting freely with the coolant at full flow, my apologies for the "made with" advertising, I rotated the video and this is what I ended up with, serves me right for using a "free" third party app.
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Did you receive the milling head
You need to “man up”. I did a higher one than that with only a piece of cotton thread to assist.****** to that!
The cotton was used to stop my underpants from filling whilst the helicopter pilot assured me it was ok.
As far as the original post is concerned…….. a far braver man than me !
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For myself, back in the day, I just free-climbed up after shinning up a ladder.Haha, have you tested the load solo shock absorber?
Spliced eyes are very common in tree work, it reduces the rope strength less than knots. Im following this process exactly.
Tonights attempt was with Ocean cord, this has a 50/50 mix of polyester and kevlar in the cover for abrasion and heat resistance.
I have been struggling to pull the core back through with various tools, then I found some expandable nylon cable sleeving, which I took from and old dead pc power supply. This became 1000x easier.
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Top eye done but needs stitching. The bottom eye needs to be pulled tight untill the red line buries inside the cover ( hands were getting sore).
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Used a bow saw, or a pole-saw, and sometimes my lovely little Alpina 14" bar chainsaw, and took my time about it.
Never even roped myself in. ...
Precursive to road-racing, somehow....
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Finish painting Peanut
