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    Colombia earthquake

    https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-36.87962,-366.32813&extent=84.40594,-28.82813
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    New Makita Top Handle

    I like Makita, I have a Makita drill which is much lighter than most if not all battery drills, just bring spare batteries. Plus it has lasted about 30 years, I inherited it from dad who used it as an aircraft mechanic.
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    Bulldog Lynx

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    Bulldog Lynx

    Pull testing the Lynx with the 7/8 inch pitch and it will pull 500 lbs before it starts to creep on my 11,1mm Tendril, and 600 lbs on my 11.7mm Tachyon. It releases with a tug on the headstock. This project has been a proof of concept, showing that with a headstock installed on a Zig-Zag style...
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    Bulldog Lynx

    I like that nomenclature idea! It beats the 7/8 of 3/4. So far it is reacting very much like the "Bobcat", but on a more typical climbing line. SRT or DRT The "Lynx" has one fewer links, and so is much the same overall length as it smaller species.
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    Bulldog Lynx

    When it comes to chain links, they only come in 3/4" pitch or 1" pitch, but what is really needed for a 1/2" rope is a 7/8" pitch, so I had some made with a larger dia. head around the 1/4 " pitch holes. the ss shoulder bolts can be had in various lengths, which is handy to get just the right...
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    Colombia earthquake

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/2549993915516355
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    spurs

    found this interesting video.
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    I did get it to close this morning with the device lying flat on a table and the rope installed. It tends and releases so very nicely. Aside from the open/close issue, if i could change one thing, I think if the top elongated bollard had a shorter lever arm it would engage faster with less...
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    I can open and close it with no rope installed, but it now refuses to close on 11mm or my Tachyon 11.7. I notice the stud which the hook engages with is a bit loose, but the stud is already tightened to refusal.
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    Thanks, I have seen this video, and I get the trigger hook to engage, the pulley is engaged, and the trigger is set loose, but it will not go that last 1/4 inch to allow the detent button to pop up.
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    I have a Blackbird, but I often struggle to open and close it, especially closing it once the rope is fully installed. anyone else have this difficulty?
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    Bulldog Lynx

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    Songs of Perfection

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/334602621602198
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    China !

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    China !

    beer free market at it's most basic. The edge of the town square was right out of Blade Runner.
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    China !

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1023523857179353
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    JAARS (Jungle Aviation And Radio Service)

    Looks like a string of piranha?
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    JAARS (Jungle Aviation And Radio Service)

    Dad changed from auto mechanic and body repair, before/during/after the Korean War and then the GI bill for college, to aircraft mechanic when he was 33 as part of the process of joining the mission. My FIL was trained by the navy as a fighter pilot and twin rotor helicopter pilot during the...
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    JAARS (Jungle Aviation And Radio Service)

    Both my father and father-in-law were with this mission. Dad was an aircraft mechanic, and my wife's dad flew a hiller type helicopter. back in the early days. https://www.facebook.com/reel/840233232358644

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