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coolcat83
Feb 20, 2009, 10:29 PM
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aric any idea how many people have entered or are going to?
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adatesman
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coolcat83
Feb 20, 2009, 11:04 PM
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cosmicharlie wrote: If all goes well tonight i should have my 1st entry in the mail tomorrow. along with some suspect gear for our destructive enjoyment! Here's a pic![image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3230;[/image]
looks like a really interesting design, looking forward to seeing how much it holds, what's the placement range on it? i wouldn't say it's pretty but with some solid pieces of metal smashing together i bet it'll hold a truck
edited for speeling
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bhickey
Feb 21, 2009, 5:17 AM
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This guy and a less robust aluminum version will be in the mail shortly. We didn't have a way to cut a keyhole down the threaded rod, which wrecks havoc on the stability. The rod is 3/4" Acme threaded 8:1 rod. The nut was cut down from a 3/4" hex nut. The outer tube is some cro-moly rod that we salvaged and it was bored out on a lathe. The ends were beveled on a bandsaw (7 degrees) and we pressed a snug channel for the cordage. It's slung with 5mm tech cord.
I honestly expect it to pop out of your rig long before it breaks.
Edited to insert the picture.
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grover
Feb 21, 2009, 6:40 PM
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Sweet!
7 days to go.
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cosmicharlie
Feb 23, 2009, 5:56 AM
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nice! big bro esque but smaller.
maybe name it little bro?
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jeremy11
Feb 23, 2009, 6:53 PM
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Shipping Today (2/23)
Top Secret Cam Prototype V2.1
and a bootied mangled cam and some homemade bartack loops for destructive testing
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rschap
Feb 24, 2009, 12:27 AM
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Well I sent off my entry today, I wouldn’t say that it’s finished more like abandoned, but I’ve just run out of time. If I had two more weeks and could spend more money I could fix my mistakes but it is what it is now. I think it will work just fine I just had a lot of problems with the trigger, so I’ll lose easy of placement points. I spent too much time of form and ran out of time for the function. Oh well I’m already starting on next years.
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adatesman
Feb 24, 2009, 12:53 AM
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altelis
Feb 24, 2009, 12:58 AM
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Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.
Is he strong?
Listen bud,
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread
Take a look overhead
Hey, there
There goes the Spiderman.
In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time.
Spiderman, Spiderman
Friendly neighborhood Spiderman
Wealth and fame
He's ingnored
Action is his reward.
To him, life is a great big bang up
Whenever there's a hang up
You'll find the Spider man.
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a-e-jones
Feb 24, 2009, 1:21 AM
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whos entries are those?
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coolcat83
Feb 24, 2009, 1:23 AM
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Are those commercial stems?
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adatesman
Feb 24, 2009, 1:28 AM
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a-e-jones
Feb 24, 2009, 1:37 AM
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that spider man cam, is it againt the rules for you to post some pictures of its stem and trigger set up, it looks like the totem cams set up and its sparked my curiousity
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coolcat83
Feb 24, 2009, 1:38 AM
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My entry should be at your door tomorrow
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adatesman
Feb 24, 2009, 1:45 AM
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Feb 24, 2009, 2:10 AM
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This is bound to get better. I can't wait to get the analysis.
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rschap
Feb 24, 2009, 3:33 AM
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Sorry, I should have explained more. The other cams are old school trango flex cams sizes 6, 7, and 8 (equivalent to BD 1, 2, and 3), I put them in for scale; you did say 12” was the max your puller could handle right. I didn’t copy the Totem cam I just have 2 sets of cables to distribute the load on both side of the lobes. The cam is made from raw materials not cannibalized parts.
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rschap
Feb 24, 2009, 3:36 AM
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Hey, how come when I post a picture it only comes up as a attachment?
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bhickey
Feb 24, 2009, 5:47 AM
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We kicked around the idea of mounting a joint, a la a clamp, but decided against it (too complex, fragile, so forth). I laced the two sides together with 2mm utility cord, so it'll be in the mail tomorrow.
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adatesman
Feb 24, 2009, 2:54 PM
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cosmicharlie
Feb 24, 2009, 4:12 PM
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whoo if i had one of those my carbon fiber cam might have worked.... i had some awesome 7mm thick CF. I am so curious how much CF lobes could hold.
Awesome job on the spiderman cam!
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rschap
Feb 25, 2009, 1:31 AM
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Yeah it’s a waterjet. I’ve been doing a lot of projects lately (control arms and hydrogen booster for my truck, custom speaker grills, ice axes). I got the look over the glasses when I told my boss I wanted to cut the cam lobes out , I’ll have to cool it for awhile. It was worth it though, thanks for all the compliments.
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coolcat83
Feb 25, 2009, 1:33 AM
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wish i had access to commercial manufacturing stuff like that, nice job
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