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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 8, 2013 - 04:11pm PT
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this is what I just made!
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jcory86
Big Wall climber
Grass Valley, CA
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Heres a shot of my first hammer. A modified roofing? drywall? hammer. Ground and shaped back of hammer head, drilled holes for funkness and in handle for cord attachment.
I own a Kong eagle now! The route is Wet Denim Daydream on the Leaning tower.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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First hammer was one of these.
Bell system linemans drilling hammer.
I sawed the handle down and added a cord.
Can't remember who I gave it too. About that time nuts came into vogue and I quit carrying a hammer.
Made several a couple of sets of hexes from various sizes of scrap aluminum barstock. Tobin ended up with one set, don't remember what happened to the other.
There were also some wide nuts out of I beam aluminum sections. In retrospect they were way to thin. (thank God nobody ever fell in one)
Lots of soft goods experiments, from a Frostline 60/40 parka to homemade packs, cagole and a belay seat.
The parka and the belay seat were a success, the other stuff not so much other than the gear sling.
The gear sling was made from 2" tubular that was folded over and sewn to form a tube for the gear part.
Glad to see the backyard DIY tradition continues.
Never did get into doing walls.
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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2013 - 09:07pm PT
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the whole reason I made the hammer hulster is I used the BD one and after pitch 2 it broke and went flyen down the mountain! I just took non tubular webbing and used that with a small latch system to make the part that attaches to the harrness and for the hulster I just took tubular webbing and put drip line tubbing inside it and sewed it on!
some other home made stuff:
cam hooks, belay seat, and rappel rings!
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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cam hooks?
might that be a lot of tension for a handmade piece to deal with? especially when made by a non-metalworker?
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Whitemeat Gear Company? LOL!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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the only way to become a "metalworker",
is to work with some metal.
(just do the testing about three feet off the ground)
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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2013 - 10:55pm PT
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you guys are the best! I gota get me a sewing machine! I also have made a tiny copperhead... hope I dont have to use it!
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MisterE
climber
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I always liked the home-made "racks" that I saw occasionally from the German sandsone climbers - tied slings and knots - no metal allowed.
One guy in Tuolumne pulled out the collection he had brought on the flight over. It didn't set off any metal detectors, but did cause some discussion.
He said: "My rack or yours?"
I said: "Mine."
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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late sixties, mexico city: riding the city bus surrounded by a bunch of guys with lunches reading tabloids during morning commute.
as if on some unseen cue the pages got passed about and earnest hat folding commenced.
when the bus pulled up in front of a big construction site, the crewmen disgorged onto the sidewalk "ready" to get after it with fresh faces and new paper hats!
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a coworker drove german iron with a sunroof that was jammed someplace short of sealed up shut. deep inside a complex assembly dwelt the culprit: a stripped gear. the dealer wanted bigtime ransom money for the whole motorized shiteree. his brother, a dentist/technician with a lab full of stuff for casting, mixing, pouring, baking and grinding really hard and durable items had no trouble reproducing a perfectly suitable replacement part, pretty darned pronto
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Leftwich
climber
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That sailrite is nice but you can find a good used industrial sewing machine for much cheaper. One good cheap option is the old singer model 201 that can be picked up for around $150. Not industrial but stout enough to sew two layers of 1" webbing and a strip of supertape (making your own aiders), often used for light duty sail construction as well.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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In the meantime, get one of these. . . they're indispensable!
http://www.speedystitcher.com
Yep, I've even resoled mountaineering and XC Ski boots with one of those and some Barges.
(that was of course in the ancient days of the Norwegian welt and leather. Everything is injection molded and disposable now)
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Sep 10, 2013 - 03:21pm PT
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Lots of sailing and mountaineering gear made on this Sailrite. Basic design still cranking after many years.
If you are going to seriously get into homemade gear shoot me a pm and I can give you a list of the vendors we have found that give good prices on small quantities of silnylon, rip stop, Goretex, canvas, fasteners etc.
BEWARE! Addicting!
Susan
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