New inexpensive climbing kit...

[Xerxses]

Thought this was intresting... anyone knows more about it or care to share opinions?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgoxihou-8]YouTube - Singing Tree Rope Wrench[/ame]

[Will Hinchliffe]

I want a go. looks interesting. Very inovative.

[bbtarb]

looks like the same principle as the f8 revolver, just a bit more streamlined. seems a good way to work single line without really expensive mechanical stuff.

[David Humphries]

Inovative indeed.

 

But how would you get a patent on a piece of wood, that surely can't be tested to destruction ?

 

 

 

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[Xerxses]

Inovative indeed.

 

But how would you get a patent on a piece of wood, that surely can't be tested to destruction ?

 

 

 

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It´s a bit like the chipper-stick...sold by the dozen and a holder for two to sit on your belt...

[Stephen Blair]

cool, that guy makes it all look so easy, excellent climber:thumbup1:

[Samuel]

awsome climbing:thumbup:

[dangerous brian]

I was thinking the same thing Steve,i bet it wouldnt be as effective if i was on the end looks good though in the right hands,ill stick with me prussic.

[combined tree services]

an inovative bit of kit - is this something that someone such as Stein would be interested in developing ?? in metal maybe ? lets be honest ART have managed to combine metal and wood withing climbing gear . great to see and a verly elagent climber verry well done !

[kevin bingham]

Thanks for the nice comments. I do want to get this developed in metal, I also want to play around in plastic and other kinds of wood. It could be made in all kinds of materials. I will be talking to manufactures about getting them produced in large volumes. They could be made very cheap. I really like wood because It seems to relate better to that rope than metal does, it doesn't get piping hot like an aluminum eight does for example, it also seems to wear very well. It never really sees any substantial load and it is not life support. I have tested a few of these to destruction. The one featured in the video was actually broken during a climb as I had made it very thin and fragile and it had a tendency to side load. Breaking is in no way dangerous, if it breaks than its just kind of a pain in the ass, because than the hitch locks up. I have made the more recent models beefier. I have been making them in cherry, ash, hickory and walnut with no real noticeable difference in performance. I want them to be strong enough not to break, but also not be clunky. I also want to make it attachable mid line but I think i would still keep it on all the time anyway.