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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Sep 30, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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I recently moved to SLO county, so if you could use some help (unskilled labor) please shoot me a e-mail.
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nature
climber
Whereverland....
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Sep 30, 2010 - 01:53pm PT
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I'd like #420
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 30, 2010 - 05:10pm PT
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Conrad: Wow.... Thanks all of you for your effort on this. This is amazing beyond belief. Inspiring.
No, thank you Conrad (and Pamela!) - this wouldn't be happening without John and yourself making it possible. It's taken some time, but I think we're finally closing in on it.
Nature: I'd like #420
I think you'll have to wait for a second run (if it's something Theron decides to keep doing)...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Sep 30, 2010 - 05:23pm PT
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Sweet!!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 30, 2010 - 05:24pm PT
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Moof: Joseph, if you need any help on the leashes, I've now got a nice 42 stitch tacker. I'd be happy to volunteer it's use and my own time if needed.
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath: I recently moved to SLO county, so if you could use some help (unskilled labor) please shoot me a e-mail.
Moof and ontheedge - thanks for the kind offers, we'll see how the rest of this plays out. As it stands now I think Fish has the leashes covered, but if that changes I'll give you a shout Moof. ontheedge, maybe get ahold of Theron and see if there's anything you could pitch in on.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 30, 2010 - 07:39pm PT
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ontheedge: Theron said he may need a hand come final assembly time (I'll probably come down for that) - feel free to get ahold of him through his ST contact link.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Sep 30, 2010 - 07:41pm PT
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Thanks Healyje, I sent him an e-mail earlier with my contact info. I'm happy to help assemble.
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2010 - 12:38pm PT
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Wooohoooo!
D5 is stamped in each head. Serialized with 001 to 278. Serializing was a pain in the butt! Sandblasting is going on as I type at the local powder coater. I think I might have just two heads that I would consider substandard but ar still usable.
Heads go to heat treat tomorrow. My brother is driving them up and picking them up the same day. I made fast arrangements with both sandbalst and heat treat for fast turn around.
Emailed Russ about finalizing the leashes and getting them going.
Called Lewis and O.P. Link about the handles. I'll send him a sample head-tang-hadle combo all fitted up that he can duplicate. 2 week lead time on his end.
Joseph has been looking into the details of collecting payment and shipping. I'll let him post details on that.
We are getting close. I've got about 6 people lined up for the build party. It will most likely be the first or second week in November. Friday night and Saturday. Joseph is planning on coming down for that.
I'll post pics later.
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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Oct 18, 2010 - 01:16pm PT
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SICK!!! Thanks!
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HighTraverse
Social climber
Bay Area
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Oct 18, 2010 - 02:32pm PT
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Well done Theron.
I'm impressed you're keeping this going while still running your real business.
Looking forward to my hammer, but don't hurry. Get it right, don't burn out.
Has a price been settled?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oct 18, 2010 - 03:17pm PT
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Whoo Hoo!!!!!
Thanks Theron!!!!
I am excited!
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Oct 19, 2010 - 01:56am PT
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Woohoo!
Maybe just in time for Christmas?
No rush, but I can hardly wait.
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Oct 19, 2010 - 02:31am PT
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Sweet. Looks good. Now I will have a Red, Yellow, and Blue handle collection.
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2010 - 10:25pm PT
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Stamping an uneven surface is a pain in the butt.
Pics as promised:
D5!:
D5 Stamping:
Heads 001-010:
Stamping of the D5 numerals:
Heads 001 & 002:
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2010 - 10:25pm PT
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Heat treat went down on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Needed time to finish packaging and misc stuff. I called the heat treater at 3:30 and he had gone home so I didn't want to make a trip and him not be ready.
In the oven they go:
I arranged to have same day turn around. I sent my brother up with the goods in my truck. He left at 2:30 in the AM. Arrived at 6:00 at the heat treater. They promptly loaded them up in a really big, really hot oven. Cooked 'em good. They said the load would be done at 1PM.
Test samples:
Testing the samples:
More testing to HRC 46.6:
Lee called me at 1:10. He said that the heads came out softer than I speced out. Crap! Hammers gotta be hard. We agree that they need to go through another cycle. My poor brother has to wait until 7PM.
Unloading:
High tech cooling:
Close up of heads after quenching:
That's a lot of heads:
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2010 - 10:30pm PT
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Most of the heads are at sandblast right now. I get them back next tuesday.
I am currently working on fitting up a handle-head-tang combo to send to Lewis at Seymour to get the handles done. The heads you see are blems #222 and #254. The biner holes are slightly offset so I decided to use them for the heat treat testing samples. You can see the grind marks and dimples from the rockwell C scale tester.:
Fitting, top view:
Fitting the handles samples into the heads:
Heads side by side. Original on right:
Full view side by side:
Working on fitting:
It must suck to have dail up.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:32pm PT
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Hey Theron,
Thanks for all the trip reports.
Always nice to see artisan work in progress.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:34pm PT
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Looking good!
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Prod
Trad climber
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:36pm PT
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I'd still like #42 if it is easy to arrange.
Prod.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:52pm PT
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thank your bro for hanging out for us. :)
sooooo kewl
I don't know that this kind of excitement will ever happen again for a rebirth of a wall hammer.
may we all use our whammers for ethical replacement and proud lines!
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