Compact Bulldog Bone

[monkeylove]

Just you Rich. Works on my Android tablet.

 

[macswan]

I have checked the video, it seems to work. But I don't understand any of this inter web foolishness.

Initially when beginning to use mechanicals, I was most worried about that very issue Richard. I have been using the RR and now the BDB for a few weeks now and have yet to have a negative experience. Not that it couldn't happen, but I don't baby my gear. I beat the snot out of everything that comes across the plate. The worst I've had with either device is getting a wad of leaves sucked into and mashed up by the moving parts. That caused no slippage though.

I did get a nasty bite from the BDB when I took an unexpected swing and my hand got caught between the device and a limb. Cordage wouldn't do that, but I guess you gotta pay to play.

 

[TylerHoffman]

Thanks for the video mac! This device looks great and would enjoy the opportunity to try one. The thing i like the most about the BDB is the materials that are used. A video of it in action would be pretty cool too.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Just you Rich. Works on my Android tablet.

Working now, probably my impatience.
Yes, quick on/off like the Uni but advantages of the RR.

 

[Paul Hedderly]

So just to avoid confusion... thats the Bone, not the Bone Compact?

Anyone tried the BDBone or BDBC on 11mm line?

 

[macswan]

No, that is the compact. I haven't used it on 11 mm yet

 

[surveyor]

I have used it on velocity and it creeps with velocity, however the length from the upper pivot to the swivel link affects the "grippiness" and this can be changed by changing the upper arm.
It works for me , with my weight, on KMIII which is a denser rope than the Velocity.

 

[surveyor]

The Bulldog Bone setup to self tend DdRT.

 

[monkeylove]

I like seeing all these new concepts being tested and slowly released when they are ready. It looks nice.

 

[surveyor]

The Bone can handle a fair amount of weight (10 lb.) hanging on the release handle without adversely affecting how it grips. I think that a dynamic weight falling on the release handle becomes ineffectual as the Bone is driven down because it is not a sustained squeeze when the bone moves under it.

 

[macswan]

Here is the newest configuration of the BDB, notice the lock clips on both friction links. And cotter pins instead of
Clips holding all links in place. This is pretty bombproof. I am still loving it. Gonna try and post little video in the next couple days. Gordon is getting this thing totally dialed in. Great piece of gear

 

[macswan]

Here is a little vid showing the BDB in "action"

 

[monkeylove]

Mac was that you in the vid? Kind of looked a little like Matthew McConaughey.

 

[macswan]

Yeah that's me. True detective or dazed and confused?

 

[monkeylove]

Does the Bone have a friction body or does it just work off the 2 "S" bends in the rope?

 

[monkeylove]

Nevermind, just watched the chair vid and answered my own question.

 

[macswan]

The bottom pin presses it into the spine where the tether attachment point is. As well as the curves

 

[surveyor]

Thanks Mac for the video, it gives a good sense of the size and function of the bone. The Bone does prefer 12mm line although some 11mm lines will work for me (such as KMIII and Rocket Line). Paul H. from the UK, who just received his, reports that it creeps on his 11mm southern access line, but works well on 11mm Response LSK. Fly line always seemed larger than 11mm to me, but I do not personally own that line (fly).

 

[monkeylove]

It should love my Vortex

 

[surveyor]

I used to have Vortex, but traded it for the Tachyon pictured in my vids. I liked the Vortex as it felt nice on the hands. But I imagine, based on my experience with Vortex on an OAR, that it would work fine in the Bulldog Bone also.