The art of the throw ball

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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Nice. Does the 70' max out the capacity of the holder, or is that just the length you chose? What's the brand of chalkline?

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It is an Irwin Strait-line, not very expensive from HD, around the 10.00, 70' of 1.75mm pretty much max, probably get more if I used 1.4mm but have not found the need yet for that much in the tree.
The only modification I made was to remove the felt nose piece, replace the line by simply fusing the end of the zing-it once passed into the hub and creating holes in the back so I could attach it to a small lanyard.
I see they have a 6:1 speed that would be interesting but so far 3:1 seems pretty good and has enough strength to lift an 8oz bag with just the winder.

Chalk line 3:1 speed


6:1 speed

They have a large selection that may work as well.

Still own Tom a thanks for putting this bug in my head, it made my life easier in the tree. I was going to do the fishing reel thing but I guess I'm more of a carpenter than fisherman.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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nuff said.

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Somebody need to call homeland security or at the very least the FAA!!!!!!!!

 

[roxy]

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Needs a green laser pointer.

 

[bstewert]

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I have this one now, looks similar to yours:
http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?...Chalk+Line+Reel

This Extreme version looks good, too:
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-47-480L-FatMax-Xtreme-Chalk/dp/B000F99IHC

Where do you find 1.4mm throwline?

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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I have this one now, looks similar to yours:

Where do you find 1.4mm throwline?

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Fling-It Dyneema Throw Line from Treestuff

Looks like some great options, I'm pretty much hooked on these for in the tree. Let us know what you think and if it works for you.

Just noticed, does yours have the "Crank handle clutch release allows release of the line without spinning the crank handle", I see the second model you posted listed this. It helps when letting out the line as all you do is push in on the crank and clutch will release allowing the line to run without the handle spinning.

BTW, grew up in Portland......Beaverton, wish I could climb that fir tree we had in the front yard right now.

 

[bstewert]

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I spent about 3 hours on it today, between cleaning out all the chalk and trying different throwlines. The final result is: it failed miserably.

Maybe something about the Stanley spool. Tried it first with the foam piece, then without. No matter how gently I wound it up, upon payout it would bind up almost immediately. And that was when I would barely pull out the line, never mind trying to shoot a bag with it.

I forgot about Fling-It. About 5 years ago I had a set of it, but gave it away cuz it was birds-nest-city.

Darn!

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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I spent about 3 hours on it today, between cleaning out all the chalk and trying different throwlines. The final result is: it failed miserably.
Darn!


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That sucks big time, sorry to hear about that. I will take a look at mine and see if I can give you any tips and post them here.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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I spent about 3 hours on it today, between cleaning out all the chalk and trying different throwlines. The final

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Hey Bob,
Again, sorry you had problems with it. First of all you don't need to buy one with the chalk in it, if fact it cost less to buy it without, you are lucky it was not the red chalk as that stuff is PERMANENT on everything, clothes, floor, rug, concrete........

Put this little video together, hope it helps

Richard

 

[bstewert]

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Nice video!

The Stanley wheel is concave. Wonder if that has anything to do with it. Also, I tied a knot at the hub. Your method is cleaner. Is the black wheel metal or plastic?

The Stanley one was given to me as a gift, even tho I had one from years ago. The blue chalk is messy, too. Maybe I'll get the Irwin model and see if I can figure out the difference.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

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Nice video!
Also, I tied a knot at the hub. .... Is the black wheel metal or plastic?
....The blue chalk is messy, too. ...

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Thanks, I hope that helped, it is just how I did it, probably not for everybody.
The hub is plastic and the small hole used to install the Zing-it was already there. I think it helps not to have a knot in there.
And yes, the chalk goes everywhere especially when you don't want it to.