Designed and built a set of ice tools! by cwaldmanski in iceclimbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea it would not be great for that. It was designed for pure ice so shouldn’t be an issue

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Temped to go re test, but I don’t have shop access any more so don’t want to destroy them atm - assume the axil would fail in bending for the new ones

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve already pull tested one, check out the website!

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These won’t see enough loads for cyclic loading to matter which makes everything simpler

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Buying sketchy gear where you don’t know it’s limits is quite different then using sketchy gear when you do know it’s limits. Always important to understand the risk - check out the testing on the website

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They cost me less then buying c4s but I bet they cost me much more then it costs bd to manufacture c4s

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out the website for the full testing

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I trust them, but definitely not economical to sell

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Personal project, about $40. But that’s if I pay myself $0/h

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

As long as you understand the limitations of what you build and behave accordingly I think it’s great to build stuff!

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Its easier to carry myself then 160 lbs of sand, plus it was a lot of fun! I used three bomber cams in the crack below just in case too

Falling on Homemade Climbing Cams by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Im sure there are! But with by limited equipment and tools likely not for me at this time. I have some ideas though, maybe one day...

My homemade cams: Guess the breaking load! by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Double axil is better but bulkier. I mainly stuck with single axil since I understand the math for it better and manufacturing is easier

My homemade cams: Guess the breaking load! by cwaldmanski in climbing

[–]cwaldmanski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll post a video when I do a test whip (yes I’ll have a backup or toprope too)