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JeffGu said:
Why does everything need a machine? There's lots of things that really don't need one or you'd be better off not using one...

Milking cows, picking out ripe melons at the farmers market, wanking, polishing silverware, fly tying, shuffling cards, mixing a drink, catching butterflies, gagging arborists with an old sweat sock, tying your girlfriend to the bed, planting a garden, picking avocados, dragging a body through the woods, washing a motorcycle, dissecting frogs, catching nightcrawlers, texting obscenities to random presidents, cooking burgers on the grill, drinking beer...

I'd try hand sewn eyes, but one of the conditions of my release is that I stay away from sharp, pointy objects.
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Don't forget, it is narwhal season. I have yet to see a machine catch one of those buggers.
 
The RIT was mine. I stitched them to save money. I used them well and retired them with all this talk of hand sewn being unsafe. I used #4 poly whipping twine. I pulled 2 strands through each hole. I made 3 passes of stitches. Each with a separate piece of twine. After seeing the results I will probably not make anymore. They tested great but they took forever to make. Now I just hand splice ocean poly for eye 2 eyes.

The kernmaster was also mine. I plan to do a separate post on splicing this rope. It is doable but I would not recommend it. My splices are holding up well. I still climb on it. When I retire it, I have more kernmaster ready to go. I would prefer bluemoon or tachyon as a climb line but the kernmaster was so cheap I could not say no. It also runs really well through hardware and hitches.

Lastly I want to thank Richard. Your testing has helped the climbing community determine what is safe and what is stupid. Most of us don't have the resources like Richard to play with a configuration and test it. He does and I am grateful that he does. I am also grateful that he documents his tests and experiments. It is guys like @yoyoman and @oldfart that really do improve our knowledge and methods.
 
What really surprised me was the old aluminum carabiner breaking at 40kn and the old steel snap hook breaking at 31.6kn. I never used that carabiner for life support because it was in rough shape.
 
Santiago Casanova said:
What really surprised me was the old aluminum carabiner breaking at 40kn and the old steel snap hook breaking at 31.6kn. I never used that carabiner for life support because it was in rough shape.
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I suspect the grade of aluminum has a lot to do with it? Years ago we got a great deal on so biners made in the Soviet Union, that should put an age on it. The aluminum was soft and scratched easily, the anodizing came off as soon as a rope passed over it. We noticed on the screw locks they became difficult to screw, because they had been slightly elongated thus throwing the thread alignment slightly off. I still have 30 or so of these biners for utility use like strapping tarps and stuff down. High grade aluminum is friken strong shit! I’m pretty sure they alloy it? I’m no metallurgical wiz.
 
Stephen Moore said:
I suspect the grade of aluminum has a lot to do with it? Years ago we got a great deal on so biners made in the Soviet Union, that should put an age on it. The aluminum was soft and scratched easily, the anodizing came off as soon as a rope passed over it. We noticed on the screw locks they became difficult to screw, because they had been slightly elongated thus throwing the thread alignment slightly off. I still have 30 or so of these biners for utility use like strapping tarps and stuff down. High grade aluminum is friken strong shit! I’m pretty sure they alloy it? I’m no metallurgical wiz.
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Send one of those commie biners to Richard for punishment.
 
JeffGu said:
Why does everything need a machine? There's lots of things that really don't need one or you'd be better off not using one...

Milking cows, picking out ripe melons at the farmers market, wanking, polishing silverware, fly tying, shuffling cards, mixing a drink, catching butterflies, gagging arborists with an old sweat sock, tying your girlfriend to the bed, planting a garden, picking avocados, dragging a body through the woods, washing a motorcycle, dissecting frogs, catching nightcrawlers, texting obscenities to random presidents, cooking burgers on the grill, drinking beer...

I'd try hand sewn eyes, but one of the conditions of my release is that I stay away from sharp, pointy objects.
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Damn if that’s not poetry nothing is. That second paragraph is brilliant Mr. Gu.
-AJ
 
JeffGu said:
In that case... no, I've never seen a double overhand knot pulled through a rigging plate.
Did you do this with your pulling machine?
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I did. I've heard of guys taking the core out and so that's what I did and it pulled right through without the core. But I've been doing some pull testing on that 16 braid with the core only, without the core, and with varying amounts of the cover. Also with some really old worn stuff.
 
yoyoman said:
I did. I've heard of guys taking the core out and so that's what I did and it pulled right through without the core. But I've been doing some pull testing on that 16 braid with the core only, without the core, and with varying amounts of the cover. Also with some really old worn stuff.
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Did it take much effort? Like something superhuman to achieve?
 
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