Idk if we have the same thimble but they look identical on here but when I set it up on my 11mm velocity, it holds looks like it holds the climb line farther away from the carabiner than yours does... And I cut my thimble and shortened the strap to try to close the gap hoping it would respond quicker when tending by hand. When tending with my foot (pulling straight down), it's perfect but by hand (pulling up) its not as smooth as I want it to be.
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It's because of the knotted terminations... I see now I think I need to learn how to sew something to shorten the distance between the eyes and thimble
TimBr
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@Mowerr; Check out this thread if you haven't already. It is a long one, though. Loads of great info. The Speedy Stitcher is your friend.
Documenting my hand-sewn eye process
I'm documenting the sewing process for an eye I'm working on. Sewing the eye on NE Ropes Tachyon. For this eye I'm pre-tensioning the join with clamps to increase the friction on the finished eye. Sewn eye documentation I'll add more photos to the set as the eye is finished. Materials...
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I did a head to head test of three different ways for tending a hitch. The hitch remained the same and the legs were long enough to not bind up the hitch, only the tenders were switched out. The pulley made tending the easiest, next was the horizontal thimble, with slightly more friction, and the vertical thimble, used like a sheave, was a close third.
It was the reverse order for ease of descending, though. The vertical thimble tender must take some of the friction off of the wraps like the bottom part of the Sticht Hitch. Not sure why the horizontal one was better than the pulley.
It was the reverse order for ease of descending, though. The vertical thimble tender must take some of the friction off of the wraps like the bottom part of the Sticht Hitch. Not sure why the horizontal one was better than the pulley.
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
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- Osceola, Nebraska
The Brocky Thimble Tender on a lanyard... super lightweight, works great. I used a 3/4" long piece of 1/4" I.D. rubber tubing between the carabiner and the point where one loop of the tether goes through the other one... on the "throat" of the tether. This keeps the tether from loosening up and the thimble falling out. It acts like a spring pushing against this tendency.
Thank you @Brocky... I've already got a bunch of ideas for more versions.
Thank you @Brocky... I've already got a bunch of ideas for more versions.
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
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- Osceola, Nebraska
I should mention, when using these sewn E2E cords, this works for hitches that don't actually need the tender to touch the hitch, like the Distel hitch (shown) and many others.
SingleJack
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- W MD
FWIW: This is an OLD (6-7 years ago) photo. I used a SS #3 boat snap to tend. It worked really great; almost like a pulley. It was easy on/off - midline.
DumpyMcDoodleface
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Sorry guys, I have bad news... @Brocky has been reported missing, this might be his last post. Police reports say it looks like he left in a hurry, but had time to type a note that reads: "Dear arborists, I was wrong. Simple and inexpensive are just pipedreams. Keep buying pulleys... The expensive ones work best."
Kidding of course, but I've bought into all the hype and have a stable of fancy pulleys now, and here we are going back to some of the first stuff I learned, using a boat snap to tend a Blake's hitch on the tail of my line.
I want to also applaud how open to new ideas and stuff everyone is. It seems like at one point in my learning I was somewhere that people basically trashed anything that wasn't ANSI/industry standard for tree work. I almost felt embarrassed to use screw locking carabiners.
Its nice to also find so many guys not only sympathetic to guys like me who started climbing in a rock harness and a Blake's hitch, but who started similarly themselves.
Cheers guys, and happy climbing!
(Ok back to turning the industry upside down)
Kidding of course, but I've bought into all the hype and have a stable of fancy pulleys now, and here we are going back to some of the first stuff I learned, using a boat snap to tend a Blake's hitch on the tail of my line.
I want to also applaud how open to new ideas and stuff everyone is. It seems like at one point in my learning I was somewhere that people basically trashed anything that wasn't ANSI/industry standard for tree work. I almost felt embarrassed to use screw locking carabiners.
Its nice to also find so many guys not only sympathetic to guys like me who started climbing in a rock harness and a Blake's hitch, but who started similarly themselves.
Cheers guys, and happy climbing!
(Ok back to turning the industry upside down)
Burrapeg
Been here a while
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- Puget Sound
Lots of us lurking on here are devoted DIY'ers and happily step outside the normal gear arrangements. My own feeling is that this is mainly how innovation happens. Some risk is occasionally entailed but with common sense and thinking things through as thoroughly as possible, and of course staying low and slow when testing ideas, risk can be mitigated considerably.
Worthaug
Carpal tunnel level member
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- North Cakilaki
Dis is how I roll. Cant beat it.
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
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- Maine Island
What's the hitch cord? Nice whipping too btw
Tough to beat a dialed in Wrench setup with a short tether and a 4 wrap Michoachan. My go-to ride. How do you like the new HC pulley? Looks beautiful....
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How is that new hc pulley? Is it tighter than the prior version? I don't like how much play there was in the sideplates on the 1st Gen.
Worthaug
Carpal tunnel level member
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- North Cakilaki
Brocky got it right.
Love the Eccentric, despite the fact the center hole doesn’t protrude much. The build is fantastic, what we’ve come to expect from DMM, and the small changes make a difference. Ascent tending is smoother and quicker to engage the hitch thanks to the top “horn”. Slack tending is smoother thanks to the wife open bottom. And tailing or dragging tail is now flawless.
Love the Eccentric, despite the fact the center hole doesn’t protrude much. The build is fantastic, what we’ve come to expect from DMM, and the small changes make a difference. Ascent tending is smoother and quicker to engage the hitch thanks to the top “horn”. Slack tending is smoother thanks to the wife open bottom. And tailing or dragging tail is now flawless.
@rico, have you tried turning the Michoacán 180 degrees like Reed’s picture, it’s called a Petroacan, or Scaffold Hitch?
This is what I run, and it looks just like Reeds hitch (sans the extra wrap).
Are you telling me I am not running a michoacán? Say it ain't so Brocky.. Say it ain't so......
And here I thought I was riding a Michoacán all this time? Regardlesss I love this hitch. Follows me around like an obedient dog on a leash, eats slack, and is fast as a mofo.
You are an amazing resource Brocky.....
