Moss Cinching Lanyard prototype

moss said:
Had a cold knock me down for a few days, couldn't work so... finished my 80' multi-mode woods climbing system. The tail end has a cover strength core-buried Dyneema eye to facilitate smooth remote install for a cinching canopy anchor. The low profile utility eye will sneak through a Zig Zag, Rope Runner or wherever else it needs to go. The front end has a slic pin stainless bow shackle instead of a captive ring. The slic pin shackle opens up possibilities for additional remote install/release options, mode changes between SRS and MRS etc. and probably stuff you or I haven't thought of yet. The shackle can be moved to the front eye position for more anchoring and remote release possibilites or completely removed for a clean MRS setup. The general concept is a relatively light-weight system that can be used to access any woods tree with up to an 80' anchor limb. Some possibilities for work climbing as well. Could be a wicked takedown system, with rope length spec'd for the typical tree sizes you work with in your area.

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-AJ
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Is that a BD dynex loop runner for the eye?
 
JeffGu said:
Wait... there's a certification program for polishing turds? Are you required to have two buffing wheels going during the entire polishing operation, or are we free to assess the risks ourselves?
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No, one wheel is fine as long as you have a self lubricating unit (with plenty of butt grease). The only strict requirements are a full face shield and a spill kit.
 
Brocky said:
The Cousins double braid splice is flexible enough to use the small ring.
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Excellent, I've never seen such a flexible splice bury, does it break test well? Oh, the ring size is more about making it easy to tuck the bight through, not about the splice bury. You wouldn't be trying to do what you're doing in the photo in practical use. Good demo of the bury flexibility though.
-AJ
 
moss said:
Excellent, I've never seen such a flexible splice bury, does it break test well? Oh, the ring size is more about making it easy to tuck the bight through, not about the splice bury. You wouldn't be trying to do what you're doing in the photo in practical use. Good demo of the bury flexibility though.
-AJ
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Read through a bit of the "Cousin's" splice thread in the Splice Rack, got it.
-AJ
 
Ok, the wife said they had to use a Japanese Mudball Technique... dried the turds out, pulverized them, mixed them with a little water, etc. in order to polish them, but in fact, were able to polish a turd. She said they went to a zoo and collected turd samples.

My life is complete, knowing that in fact turds can be polished with the proper technique. No wonder certification is required.
 
Oh wow, amazing JeffGu, even turd polishing requires care and attention to craft ;-)

In other news I did a simple test on the woods cinching long lanyard. Remotely cinched it with the slic pin bow shackle on a 75’ anchor, climbed up on a Rope Runner, hooked up a parachute cord release with a 6 oz throw bag on the end, descended and remotely took it out. Everything worked well.

I anchored the pull down in the same eye with shackle.
https://flic.kr/p/2irMZ3p

-AJ
 
moss said:
Oh wow, amazing JeffGu, even turd polishing requires care and attention to craft ;-)

In other news I did a simple test on the woods cinching long lanyard. Remotely cinched it with the slic pin bow shackle on a 75’ anchor, climbed up on a Rope Runner, hooked up a parachute cord release with a 6 oz throw bag on the end, descended and remotely took it out. Everything worked well.

I anchored the pull down in the same eye with shackle.
https://flic.kr/p/2irMZ3p

-AJ
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Where did u get that bow shackle from?
Or do u know who the manufacturer is?
I bet if this gets popular, Sherrill will probably make em with a milled quickie for a smooth cool 200$ lol
 
Mowerr said:
Where did u get that bow shackle from?
Or do u know who the manufacturer is?
I bet if this gets popular, Sherrill will probably make em with a milled quickie for a smooth cool 200$ lol
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This is a Suncor cheapie bow shackle, basically a knock-off of the very well made Wichard recessed hex head pin shackle. Suncor shackle is about an 1/8 of the cost but is stamped with the stainless steel grade and stock diameter. The main quality difference between the two is the total crap tooling on the Suncor pin including the hex head, pin threads and the receiving threads on the shackle, very poor. So I drilled out the Suncor threads to a perfect slic pin fit and am just using the stainless bow part of it.

There are some subtle details to the finishing work I did on the bow shackle for optimal slic pin functionality. Funny thing is I used a recalled Quickie slic pin with the rounded keeper spring teeth. With the fit I got doesn't matter, won't come out unless you're removing it intentionally. Effectively zero play in the fit.

For sure if you have a tight eye on your main rope and you put a very rope friendly (as opposed to the Quickie which is less so) slic pin bow shackle on the end you have a very sweet and easily configured choking system. Yep, product waiting to happen. You read it here first ;-)

Binoculars are required though, you want to verify everything ended up as you expected it (slic pin end not pressing against wood) when you set the choke. With my double eye setup I discovered the carabiner on the end eye can act as a backup to the shackle. With the very tight eye I've got the biner doesn't rotate position. Very cool benefit, makes your climb that much better when you know you have strength with the shackle and a back up in the mix in case something about the slic pin position goes unobserved after you set the choke.
-AJ
 
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