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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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I have had three Hurricanes, gave one to Bobo. Now I have two. The last one I got recently off ebay for $50 brand new.
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Darryl Cramer
Social climber
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Darrin -
I think that the HS bits are sharpened to a chisel point and have the advantage of being re-sharpened easily as they dull. The chisel points work quite well. Additionally the bits can be purchased or cut to shorter lengths which are easier to use on lead. A lot of the holes drilled at Index in the early part of the ‘80s were made with Boeing surplus bits bought by the pound and then cut/ground to size. The down side is they can readily snap in two especially if you have crummy hammering technique. (like me) I’ve never broken an SDS bit in two but I have had the carbide tip fall out a few times.
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2009 - 07:55pm PT
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Had no idea this would go like this. Great stuff Duece et all.Thanks for the information. I found this in a stack of gear a friend gave me (old drilled regular Chouinard hexes, Moacs etc.) Just wondering.
Minerals - you got it. I don't expect to do much drilling. Comes in the original A5 bag. What drills are you putting in there?
Pate.....flexy straws from McD? Oh yeah, those work too.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dibs on one ah 'dem MoAc thingies?
I can offer a fairly fresh PBJ for it.
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2009 - 08:15pm PT
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Royo -
Just listed it on ebay??!!
How is the lad?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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haha.
Fine thanks.
Be fun to see what that brings!
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Well, I might be able to find one cheaper, but I’d rather give Tom a hundred bucks than play that E-Bay game…
I use these drill bits… to give Grossman nightmares!
Yeah, 17/64”……!!!!! WoooooHooo!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Minerals- Care to explain yourself??? I won't be clipping your tiny but exciting bolts in any probability. Half inch stainless is way more dreamy and size does matter. LOL
So you guys have the SDS holder thing nailed down, do ya?!?
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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Jingy - just looking for some insight.
Peter - thanks.
Greg and Duece - outstanding info. Like the original drawings etc. Thanks.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Out of the 40+ hand drills I have, the Hurricane is one of the best!
It was also available in titanium to make it lighter.
However these days, I am really loving my Petzl Rocpec.
Now I don't have to carry a bunch of extra tools to change the bits.
SDS click on, click off.
Rock on!
Marty
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Finally someone is thinking like a construction worker!!!
Spline to SDS adapter has been around for ages. Just cut the splines off and you are in business...LOL
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Minerals i'll sell ya one...for $100
...if you start bigwall climbing again... ;)
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Greg, you need a hand grinder you can clamp onto your bumper!
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Yellow plastic container is for the 25/64” collet.
Grossman, I was just poking fun, after reading your comments on the rap anchor thread. Will get to that one at some point here… Merely entertainment on my part. I’ll let you get worked up later. ;)
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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The yellow thing is a Kennametal Erickson collet box---- the plastic container that the collet comes in.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Hey Deucey,
I noticed that the hardened insert on the drill that Tom posted sticks out a lot more than the ones on my drills and on the drill that Pate posted. Some of the inserts on my drills are larger in diameter and some are smaller. Different batches? Any specific reason for the different sizes? I assume that the insert fills the entire hole (depth) that is shown on Tim’s CAD drawing, yes? Can I grind down the insert on the one that Tom posted so that the striking surface is almost flush with the holder itself? My current drills are pretty much flush, especially after a minor “tune-up” on the grinder. Also, are the inserts “frozen” and then pressed into a warm holder? Ho man, I am getting distracted from my geology work today…
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Hi Brian-
I think for our first batch we extended the hardened insert. But after using it for a while on some new Zion routes, I decided just to make it flush for subsequent batches.
After I left Hurricane for the big city to work, I handed over the business to my partner, who then sold it to some local folks up in Colorado City (a very industrial lot, those folks... in many ways). Somebody mentioned a Titanium version--I had never heard of it, perhaps it was done by the Colorado City boys?
Cheers
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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I had the Titanium version on order through the Hiking Shack, but Dale was never able to land it. I believe it was listed for $30.00 more than the regular version. Maybe they never happened? However there was a catalog or products page that I looked at that showed the different drills offered.
Rock on!
Marty
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Thanks, John! I guess I’ll take it to a grinder once I get it from Tom. Cool, a brand new backup! Thanks again for providing the climbing community with yet another awesome design which functions flawlessly!
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