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  1. oldfart

    Rigging Rings - Build your own @ home

    No, I was trying to make it work directly from the bull rope. My rig was heavier than yours (25' cordage plus block) and I didn't like pulling on my thin throwline. (That's why I used big fat ugly Slickline for the separate retrieval throwline). The dimensions were so close, I found the...
  2. oldfart

    Rigging Rings - Build your own @ home

    Nick, I hope you have better luck with the retrieval than I did. Made me crazy. The problem is easy for 5/8”, still easy on ¾” stable braid, tougher on ¾” tenex and impossible on 7/8” bull rope. Tenex is trickier than stable braid because it changes size under load. True, the snap is less...
  3. oldfart

    ABR Unicender Tether

    I know this problem! Fabulous idea, yoyo. Just tried it, works great. Thanks for posting!!
  4. oldfart

    Luke screwed up

    Oh, and did I mention, if anyone needs a nice, new Weaver saddle, I can cut you a h_ll of a deal. But I have to hear fast ... OF
  5. oldfart

    Friction Savers....PulleySaver

    hey CutHigh, I like your idea. It'll work. I can't tell if you're thinking for climbing or light rigging but let me make a comment out the Pinto and the Rig ... No doubt that DMM would tell you that the Pintos aren't for impact forces. But if I ever used them for light rigging, where...
  6. oldfart

    Luke screwed up

    For years, Luke has: ALWAYS had the inventory on hand ALWAYS had great product knowledge ALWAYS shipped fast, fast, fast ALWAYS had great pricing ALWAYS payed attention, even protecting me from my own ordering mistakes. This time, the FedEx truck rolled away and I found somebody else’s STUFF...
  7. oldfart

    the Wedgie -- a tool for block retrieval

    Bonner, TCITM. Not so clever, guys. I spent days screwing around with the old ring/RING idea, trying to come up with something for Xman's system. Stuff like this, all failures: I couldn't get anything to work reliably with the dimensions and still stay out of the way of rigging ops. When...
  8. oldfart

    the WEDGIE as an idea

    Hey Nick, It's a one-way retrieval ball. Conceptually, instead of asking the rings to change size, you make the retrieval device change size instead. There's a thread in the Rigging forum.
  9. oldfart

    the WEDGIE as an idea

    Guys, I’d like to throw this idea out into the wild for discussion or hoots, as the case may be … As a device, the Wedgie is a silly looking thing. But as an idea, it’s potentially a game-changer. It could change how we think about friction savers for climbing and/or rigging. To see some...
  10. oldfart

    wind......

    You guys are ironmen. If you're an OldFart in New England, you think about windCHILL.
  11. oldfart

    the Wedgie -- a tool for block retrieval

    I took the Wedgie down to ShelterTree for side-by-side testing with the most popular arb blocks. I re-learned an eternal truth … Size Matters. Manufacturer, materials and geometry don’t. The Wedgie works fine on my block, the CMI RP145. Would it work on other blocks? I set them up, with...
  12. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Nick, I couldn't agree more! Those numbers are just too huge to be useful, at least not to this oldfart. BUT you can take the benefit of stronger rings in other ways: 1) run with a higher safety factor (ie greater than five). That would go directly to the dynamics issue. or 2) buy a...
  13. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    David, do not answer this … go hit your Play button. I’m just going to throw this out there and then back away completely because this is a regime that is way, way beyond anything I'll ever think about using …. Anyway, I’m thinking these rings are stronger than we might think. Antel lists the...
  14. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    And I don't have to read through how to set a spinnaker line, thank you ... !
  15. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    David, I certainly am seeing a lot of VALUE in this discussion ... ;-)
  16. oldfart

    Generic Rigging Thimbles

    Gentlemen please, this is nothing but ugly. The notion that David was somehow manufacturing these rings by himself is preposterous on its face. More than that, it is very, very improbable to think that any manufacturing source would build only for a tree-climber market. This market is simply...
  17. oldfart

    the Wedgie -- a tool for block retrieval

    Oops, sorry guys. I'm getting erratic results from the links behind the original post, particularly the playlist for the HD Rigging Whoopie. Seems to be different from mobile vs. desktop. If you're having any trouble, try going through this channel index ... Channel Index This menu of...
  18. oldfart

    the Wedgie -- a tool for block retrieval

    The “Wedgie” is a retrieval tool that will recover an arb block without sending the block over a branch or through a crotch. It’s easy to build and could be useful when you set a block in a crotch and want to recover it remotely. Think of it as a one-way retrieval ball that can reach up and...
  19. oldfart

    equalizing thimble tab style?

    Keep after 'em, BR. I'd love to see a 13mm thimble. DMM could do it up right. The bronze is works great as a proof-of-concept. And I really have come to like that rig. But it can't deliver the wear characteristic of stainless, for sure. But the idea is good: fast up and fast down for...
  20. oldfart

    Broken Elm

    Wow. Big work, small space. Very, very, VERY impressive, Tod. Thanks for the pix. OF

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