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Nothing ground breaking here - just keeping my self updated
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The perfect dusk option when the light is getting low but you still dont want to spook them with an overly aggressive tail Bugger - the photo's dont really show it - but it has a clear round paddle tail on the back Last edited by yellow door 1; 12-08-2016 at 03:28 AM. |
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I feel a deep sense of shame for my lack of innovations recently - but "necessity is the mother of invention" and I havent been trying too much new stuff lately.
I did notice one of my "leashes" was a bit long the other day - and since noone uses "old school phones with coiled leads" any more. I thought I may aswell learn how to make my own. Again - nothing new here - just copying stuff I've seen done before. "Whipper Snipper Cord wrapped around a stick then boiled" should cover the description. I didnt have access to a burner and a pot, to boil my leash in (all my burners have been subject to "product recalls" due to a manufacturing fault that makes them explode and burn peoples faces off) So I just used boiling water in a plastic container - (careful what container you use - the harder tha plastic the more likely it is to contract) Last edited by yellow door 1; 28-08-2016 at 08:00 PM. |
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This is what 1m of whipper snipper cord will coil down to with my method - and my method sucks - the whipper snipper line is the cheapest they have at Bunnings - (I'll include a pic which shows the brand and diameter)
Plus I imagine a constant heat source would make tighter coils - I did reverse the coils with a drill ( as seen in the video below) but I think he is using thicker whipper snipper line. And my local Bunnings doesnt supply aluminum crimps - or any other crimps that would fit the thinnest whipper snipper cord. They had steel crimps but they were way too big and cost $1 each - not ideal for a tight arse making his own leashes So I just used my lighter to make a "bulb" on the end - and "crimped" it with a cable tie. So why did you intentionally do a shitty version of something that was proven to work - the answer is - because it was just to hold my keys Last edited by yellow door 1; 12-08-2016 at 04:10 AM. |
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As you can see from the Vid above - he is using much thicker "whipper snipper" cord than mine.
Marlin fisherman may be able to recognize its breaking strain at a glance - but its beyond me. Here it is over some 50lb rovex Putting a bulb on the line with lighter, and securing it with a cable tie, is weak as piss. You will need the correct crimps for a secure connection Last edited by yellow door 1; 12-08-2016 at 04:34 AM. |
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Good post Larry.
I've made a few of these in the past, boiling water and heatgun, ice etc. but they never get really tight coils and eventually stretch out. That drilling backwards trick is a cracker idea to tighten the coil, and I reckon it'll fix the slow uncoiling.
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Part of me thought the more gradual application of heat, would be beneficial to the end result. ie - you want the core of the material to heat up aswell. Part of me thinks this is where a micro wave would work well but I'm not willing to chance it I wanted to use a heat gun but my recent experiences with the brief, rapid application of heat have not had the desired effect Last edited by yellow door 1; 12-08-2016 at 06:58 AM. |
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