Wensdaze

I get the feeling you didn't care much for that top :fuckyou:. Those are some bushyass pines you have in Oz... Wouldn't want to be a cleanup man for any of them, but I'd want to just put a match to that mess. Nice one.
 
monkeylove said:
Nice vid as always. Give me the stats on that R.E. swivel/DMM Pinto combo, that thing looks sweet.
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thank you monkeylove, it is a ARB 8" USAVER that I have hacked into the Frankensaver or the worlds most expensive cambium saver.
I kept having retrieval issues when the ring component of the retrieval would jam on a angle going through the small climbing pinto pulley and get stuck solid ( so frustrating after the umpteenth time) .
I had a look into the problem and it came down to the spliced eye of the prussic on either side of the internal space of the pinto only allowing the retrieval ring to pass through on a horizontal direction not an angled approach through.
I then looked at whether I could insert a dmm spacer but the retrieval ring dia' did not allow it to pass through that space so I tried various sized retrieval balls I had lying around and they wouldn't catch on the end small ring.
So then I looked at replacing the small climbing pinto with a larger dmm rigging pinto which still passed out through the large end ring of the USAVER but the retrieval ring still wouldn't work and the ball issue hadn't gone away.
at this point getting frustrated I got a Eldrid cambium saver that I had bought , used a half a dozen times then discarded - cannibalised the small end with the roller and checked it out for capture on the ball retriever sizes.
they all caught on the Eldrid and passed through the rigging pinto .(y)

At the same time I had put a Petzl open swivel onto my harness bridge and thought about how great it would be if I could use a swivel at my cambium saver as well so back to the store and another purchase later I assembled my frankensaver by removing the small ring off the USAVER replacing it with the small Eldrid roller ring which I ground down the "rougher" edges with the dremel , then using a ARB 10mm beeline standard 32" prussic cord attached the Petzl open swivel to the Dmm large pinto pulley to create the worlds most expensive cambium saver.
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and here are some pics.
oh and I made a custom retriever ball out of a camphor wood moth repellant ball from my sock drawer. :ROFLMAO:IMG_0967.webpIMG_0974.webpIMG_0975.webpIMG_0977.webp
 
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That is a lot of customization but it looks great. I own a pulleysaver but haven't used it much yet. I will have to see if it gets stucks on me. Thanks for taking the time to explain your setup and taking some excellent pics of it.:birra:
 
you are most welcome sir, :tanguero:
it is a long winded explanation sure but I thought the process I derived the solution from was important to explain how I had ended up where I did.
I could redo the whole unit easier and cheaper again having worked out the prototype , most expensive part was the Petzl open swivel.
best part for me is the slightly increased bend radius from the rigging pinto was a greater gain than I had anticipated making for some smooth climbing and less loading body wise.
the addition of the swivel to the "chain" of prussic / swivel / pulley has made for a more fluid articulation when retrieving back out of the the large ring so it slips free nicely now.
the photos were on file from showing another climber this setup and I was about finished with next weeks video editing and the clip is from that vid so that was a piece of piss to knock out for you.
Ben.
 
Much appreciated Ben. I just looked at mine and it is technically a Usaver so maybe it works better, I don't really know as I mentioned above. I am more of a leather cambium saver guy at the moment. I got Usaver but have yet to wrap it around a spar. The more I talk/watch/meet you guys the more I understand that their is not 1 answer, but many answers all that may apply depending on the variables that day.

Frank
 
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