How's the splice today?

[High Scale]

is the kalimba more like xstatic or more baggy like drenaline? nice splices you churn out

Thanks, it's the opposite of Xstatic, nice and soft and the weave is looser than the Drenaline so I would say easier to splice.

 

[friedrich]

Thanks, it's the opposite of Xstatic, nice and soft and the weave is looser than the Drenaline so I would say easier to splice.

but do you think it will milk a lot? drenaline milked alot, sometimes making it impossible to descend with a hitch.

 

[High Scale]

but do you think it will milk a lot? drenaline milked alot, sometimes making it impossible to descend with a hitch.

Probably, with Drenaline you just climb on it, let it milk then cut off the slack and then it's fine.

 

[High Scale]

Test samples.

 

[friedrich]

Test samples.

were did you get the kalimba from? are you a distributer?

 

[High Scale]

were did you get the kalimba from? are you a distributer?

I work for one.

 

[Tommy_B]

 

[Brocky]

Cheated on this one, replaced the twisted parallel strands core with a dyneema hollow braid.

 

[Tree09]

Nice work man

 

[lxskllr]

Pretty whipping.

 

[High Scale]

Cousin Atrax

 

[friedrich]

early morning pulley-loop (pulleysaver) for a friend

 

[High Scale]

early morning pulley-loop (pulleysaver) for a friend

Tiny.

 

[WoodCutr]

Tiny.

I think its a prisik with a pulley, for an adjustable pulley saver by the looks of it
I want one, might make my own at some point now that ive got my ZigZag

 

[friedrich]

its probably cheaper to buy but it was fun to make it

 

[WoodCutr]

its probably cheaper to buy but it was fun to make it

as is most things we make, right?

 

[Tommy_B]

 

[Burnham]

Fun colors!

 

[High Scale]

Consistency is the key.

 

[lxskllr]

What am I seeing there? Is it a break test chart? What do the numbers represent?

 

[High Scale]

Static strength, splice is subjected to 15kN for three minutes, the numbers you see are what the splices eventually broke at, the requirement is 15kn.

The dynamic results on the right requires an 100kg weight being dropped 2m, the requirement is for the splice to survive 5 drops, my Tachyon failed on the 6th drop at the attachment knot and had a damaged cover after the 4th my Drenaline survived 7 drops with no failure. You need to have a peak force of no more than 6kN.

 

[Tommy_B]

Very cool. Good numbers mate

 

[Brocky]

Static strength, splice is subjected to 15kN for three minutes, the numbers you see are what the splices eventually broke at, the requirement is 15kn.

The dynamic results on the right requires an 100kg weight being dropped 2m, the requirement is for the splice to survive 5 drops, my Tachyon failed on the 6th drop at the attachment knot and had a damaged cover after the 4th my Drenaline survived 7 drops with no failure. You need to have a peak force of no more than 6kN.

Are you in the spLIFE program, was wondering what became of their approved hitch cord splice?

 

[High Scale]

Are you in the spLIFE program, was wondering what became of their approved hitch cord splice?

Yes I am certified to spLIFE Tachyon and Drenaline and also Komora and Kanopa for Courant, still waiting on the results for Kalimba.I don't know anything about the hitch cord splice but as they sew those terminations which is easier and faster and more efficient I doubt whether it has continued.

 

[Brocky]

When they launched the program it was mentioned so anyone could do hitch cords without the expense of a sewing machine. With spliced cords, as long as not a double braid, the cover can be made a little baggy for more flexibility. Milking some of the slack towards the eyes gives more useable cord between the eyes. There’s also the form over function view.