Lazy or Clever?

[treegongfu]

Looks like i can remove the brake and grind the body down enough to make the shaft protrude out enough.

 

[39Buick]

I purchased a skylotec milan hub that was the same way. I had a machinist friend weld an extension to the end of the shaft and turn it down to true it up and it works great!
This is the type I have.

Skylotec Milan 2.0 Rescue Device

The Skylotec Milan 2.0 Milan is a compact device that allows for various rescue methods.

www.gmesupply.com

 

[treegongfu]

Thanks Buick. I wondered about that possibilty. Good to know that would work.

 

[Bart_]

I can't believe how the time's gone by on this thread. Any one starting to get old battery syndrome, i.e. it used to go a lot further before depleting?

 

[39Buick]

I can't believe how the time's gone by on this thread. Any one starting to get old battery syndrome, i.e. it used to go a lot further before depleting?

I personally have not noticed this with the dewalt batteries. I use the drill for work at times as well so both battery packs are in a rotation.

 

[treegongfu]

Speaking of drills-has anyone tried this https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Drilling/Drill-Drivers/2803-20

It has 1000 lbs/inch of torque. Any reason to believe it wont be good?

 

[treegongfu]

Any suggestions on how far the shaft should protrude from the faceplate for good drill attachment?

 

[Bart_]

Any new LiIon drill should work fine. Because of the gear reduction in the rope unit you could even end up in 2nd gear instead of 1st on a three speed drill.

Check the o.d. of your driven shaft stub, take a same diameter bolt etc and chuck it in the drill and see how far the three chuck grabber jaws retract, the figure out how far the shaft has to go into the chuck from that. And add your separation gap too. Makes sense?

39, my batteries are a bit down or I seem to think so. I was wire wheeling some stuff and killed two full charges. Maybe I was just too aggressive. Calendar age 2014 6 years about.

 

[treegongfu]

Thanks Bart! Seems obvious after you say it.

 

[39Buick]

39, my batteries are a bit down or I seem to think so. I was wire wheeling some stuff and killed two full charges. Maybe I was just too aggressive. Calendar age 2014 6 years about

Like most everything else age tends to take its toll on things. I have not really cycled my batteries through multiple rapid charge discharge cycles so I could not say if that would be detrimental to the cells. Mine have a 2018 date on them and have been used mainly with the ascenders. I have used it a time or two as a real tool but still have not pushed them very hard at all.

 

[Burrapeg]

Been using my DeWalt drill pretty steady for both the ascender and as a drill on the job, and the batteries have given no trouble at all so far in a couple years. Not sure what to say about extending the shaft. if a weld job, be damn sure it is a solid weld. You don't want it to snap off mid-climb. (But, of course, you want a hitch or a multiscender above it so the power ascender is not life support).

 

[treegongfu]

I managed to make mine workable and it is an amazing tool! The first day I dragged a mid sized Norway maple up a 60 foot steep incline and the next day rode it 60 feet up a white pine to set a block for pruning.

Thanks to all who have contributed!

 

[Burrapeg]

Brilliant, Treegongfu! Good show.

 

[treegongfu]

Thanks, Burrapeg. These things are an evolution

I purchased a skylotec milan hub that was the same way. I had a machinist friend weld an extension to the end of the shaft and turn it down to true it up and it works great!
This is the type I have.

Skylotec Milan 2.0 Rescue Device

The Skylotec Milan 2.0 Milan is a compact device that allows for various rescue methods.

www.gmesupply.com

How is the skylotec working out? Im thinking of getting one with the lifting wheel.

 

[conk]

how to you attach the drill to the shaft?
What kind of chuck?
Is this a single piece that connects the drill to the shaft?
Also are you bolting something on top of the device to hold the u piece the drill handle is going through? The 550 pdf manual shows a drill attached to it but does not show how it is attached?

 

[conk]

Is this a strong device? Have you had any problems after using it for a while?
Can you use a 11mm rope in it without modification?

 

[Burrapeg]

Hey Conk,

Yes, the drill just clamps onto the input shaft of the RollGliss using the keyless chuck that normally comes on the drills. I weigh 180 and maybe 0ver 200 with saddle and gear, and the device handles it fine, for over two years now of occasional use. I am just a rec climber, however. Can't say how it would hold up for constant daily pro use. But it is certainly well made and a quality device for industry. Original use was for an emergency descender for oil rigs and tall building construction, etc. and it was made with a lot of reserve strength for this, and to handle the weight of two individuals at once. My device used the RollGliss R500. I don't know what it would take to mod the R550. It is a slightly different device. As to 11mm rope, yeah, no problemo. The device shiv will work fine with that.

 

[conk]

That sounds awesome! I cant wait to try this.
So you need no modifications?

I thought you bolted something to the top of the device to support the u shaped bar the handle is through.

 

[conk]

Also if it is a rescue decent device what it the fear of a controlled descent? I mean what could go wrong if you just let go and the drill started spinning backwards. The stock rope will not slip will it? That would not be a very good rescue device.

 

[Burrapeg]

The device does need some mods if you want to use it on yor own rope and have it midline attachable. They come, out of the box, with a captive rope of their own that is not removable. And you can use the RollGliss that way the same way guys use a Wraptor where they have it on its own rope alongside their own climbing line and only use the Wraptor to go up then swap over to their own line to work. If you go back thru the threads, we discuss the actual mods if you want to use your own line on the devices.