The Deuce5 Open Source Hammer Project - II

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T Moses

Trad climber
Paso Robles
Jun 19, 2009 - 10:33pm PT
250 +/-

Shipping. Yeah that's going to get interesting with the weight of all those heads. Forging to me. Me to Heat Treater. Heat Treater to me. Me to Ihateplastic? Hmm....more calculations needed. Back to you soon.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 21, 2009 - 01:41am PT
Ah, Theron, missed your post. Fabulous. Will bug Lewis for the quote; we should have seen it by now. Bill's right on about the shipping, won't do to forget that.
Tom

Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
Jun 21, 2009 - 05:14am PT
Theron, I hear your pain, regarding the shipping costs from here to you to there to you to . . . .

Most of the energy expended by people, throughout history, has been in moving goods and materials from one place to another, and more recently, people moving themselves about in their wax-polished metal boxes.
Danielle Winters

Trad climber
Alaska
Jun 21, 2009 - 06:48am PT
healyje ~ thanks for posting the pics of the handle grains. The one in the middle I think it was the red one ,was perfect! I wish all the handle's had a vertical grain like that .
So where do I sign up to buy . Danielle
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 22, 2009 - 03:48am PT
Danielle, post up here for one...

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=853495
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 24, 2009 - 03:29pm PT
Just got a quote for the handles - $2.75

Onward to financing and e-commerce (Simon?)...
John Mac

Trad climber
Littleton, CO
Jun 24, 2009 - 09:19pm PT
Make sure you add some "handling" costs as well so you can buy a year's worth of beer. That's the least we can do.

I wonder if you could do one of those fixed cost USPS boxes for posting. They work on size not weight.

This is getting really exciting!



T Moses

Trad climber
Paso Robles
Jul 1, 2009 - 12:22am PT
Shipping per each hammer: $1.55

That's with a negotiated rate commercial account too! $387.50 was the overall amount I came up with. Divide that by the 250 hammers and "Viola!"

I'll post later about the leashes.
T Moses

Trad climber
Paso Robles
Jul 21, 2009 - 03:08pm PT
Hammer Handles:

Hammer Leash Options:

Hammer Leash Ring Options:

Gotta talk to Russ to finalize the price.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 21, 2009 - 04:20pm PT
I'd really like to see us go with the blue handles and blue supertape sling on the stainless ring w/ black cord shown for this first batch. My reasons for wanting them that way are

 to consistently distinguish this round of hammers from the A5 originals

 tie into the agreement with Conrad to use the project to help support the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation's [url="http://www.alexlowe.org/kcs.shtml" target="new"]Khumbu Climbing School[/url]:

 such blues appear in numerous Nepali and Tibetan visual themes such as the background of the Khumbu School's logo


 such blues are close the color of the Tibetan Poppy


I wouldn't have the same strong preferences for any subsequent production run of the hammers.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Jul 21, 2009 - 06:20pm PT
I may just start sending money randomly.


so cool to see the pics


Captain...or Skully

Social climber
way, WAY out there....(OMG)
Jul 21, 2009 - 06:22pm PT
I longer have any visible means of support, so unfortunately for me, I'm out.
Dammit.
mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
Jul 21, 2009 - 06:58pm PT
Good color!

Blue it is.

Man I can't wait!
klk

Trad climber
cali
Jul 21, 2009 - 07:01pm PT
in chamonix a few years back, i saw the french army recruits climbing in short shorts that were that exact shade of powder blue. or lapis lazuili or whatever shade that is.

nttawwt
BlackGeorge

Social climber
Utah
Aug 20, 2009 - 06:22pm PT
When will they be ready??
Radish

Trad climber
Seki, California
Aug 20, 2009 - 07:44pm PT
Man, I got into this thread way late. I have some hammer thoughts that are out of the box and tested. Alls good with the designs I see, they all needed refining. But, I think the swing answer is in the leashing. A GOOD leashing will let your arm take the swing. You won't have to work the wrist that holds the hammer and get tired faster with the small wrist muscle holding it in place everytime the swing is coming back. With a GOOD leash your arm takes the control and on the swing its the arm that packs the punch, making the hammer more an extension of your arm. Kinda of like a catapult. I remember a long time ago that baseball bats started having a little pry bar type of device right above where your upper hand was that gave the ball some serious send. I think they outlawed it. Anyways, with a leash and the new hammer handle design it should whack the hell out of all the other designs.........
couchmaster

climber
pdx
Sep 21, 2009 - 05:09pm PT
When will they be ready??

Good question.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2009 - 05:09pm PT
Gotta check back in with Theron...
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2014 - 10:06am PT
Just picked up a new McDevit hammer on eBay, will be interested to get it in my hands and see how it feels.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jun 10, 2014 - 10:08am PT
nice

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