WeeDee
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Sorry to hear your bad news, Egg. Dee.
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I think it depends on what sockets you have on the back of your monitor, Johny. The Wii seems capable of linking to many things - but you need the right socket. Look for a USB cable link. Dee
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Steve, did the total money collected eventually exceed the value of prizes?
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Hi Gary, I'm not sure which compass you mean. I have a Silva 15 compass that I use when mountaineering, it's got a clinometer on it but it wouldn't be great for your purposes. To use this type, you hold the baseplate on its side, sight along the top edge, and then move your head to look a the 'angle from horizontal' reading on the compass' housing. This is OK when the compass is held against a ranging rod but as you move your head away from the compass, there is opportunity for the compass to move. To take a reading - a small 'pendulum' falls to plumb inside the compass housing and you then read off the angle from plumb/horizontal on the side of the housing. I'm not sure if this is of any use - but my compass wouldn't be suitable for accurate measurements in the field - especially when there are better alternatives.
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Splicing Yale XTC (Fire) and other 16-strand ropes
WeeDee replied to morten's topic in Splicing Forum
I do too. Morten, Samson, 16 strand, Class 1 It doesn't come much simpler than these three pages. -
A special lady-friend of yours?
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The symbol for inches, eg. 1" X 5", hasn't been included. If you check Step 2 you'll notice that the distance between those two marks is 2" when compared to the 12" also marked.
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Yeah Drew, you showed us that one before. It'll be found on here under 'rope guides for the masses'.
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Eggrascal, you're just like Mother Teresa - aren't you!
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Too true.
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Those that get a bad weld probably know why - they've probably been told plenty of times.
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Some do, some don't.
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Any MIG will benefit from clean metal and still-air environments. ARC welding is more tolerant of less than perfect conditions. These factors might start your narrowing-down of suitable choices.
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I agree about the lateral thinking, who knows what this might lead to. With the helmets, I think the consistency of material will be the difficult part of CE certification.
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Outside or inside? Clean or dirty metal?
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I agree with Highscale about the splicing, although when you factor in how much money, time and effort you saved by throwing this one together, you must be feeling pleased with yourself. Nice work, FlamingAce.
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Fred Flintstone
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What line are you using?
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Thanks for posting, Alastair. The one down-side I could give is that a short climber using a longish saw (Sugoi 360) finds the handle sticks out above the knee. (not that I'm short or have any problem with being short:blushing:)
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OP has a polyester core, OV has an Aramid core. Both have the same jacket. Aramid is described as a 'liquid-crystal polymer'. Dak also stated the two had the same cover materials/construction - he said nothing of the core materials.
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The rope has a jacket on the outside and then a core on the inside. The strength of the rope depends on the core strands i.e. core dependent. Other types of rope use the jacket and the core to provide the rope's strength.
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Does it stand up to falling onto hard surfaces, and for how long?
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I know what you mean, a bit like 'frogs legs' - must have been awfully hungry to invent the dish!
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Bloody hard work, just to see if it's possible and not of much use when it's finished! Absolutely fantastic! BTW Well done, Ben.
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Class!
