15 May 2012, 17:22
Hi all, i have not been on for some time but i have in past posted a picture of a water device i made and had some fun with, i did however latter make a newer and safer on. I will decribe it quick but will post another picture of it also.
It is a batton of wood, at the top it has a screw hook screwed into it.
This has an elastic band hooked on it. This in turn is hooked onto a lenght of steal this lenght of steal passes throught two more clossed eye that are screwed into the batton. this on its bottom end has another band or small lenght of wool tied to it and it is then fitted to a bottle top. The bottle has water in it that is aloud to drip out. in between the two eye is the eye that holds the fourth tie rope.
Now as i play outdoors i like to tie myself inbetween trees so this peice of batton has two ties that tie around the tree that is to hold it
I will add that to get the right size bottle one that was not to big i did mess around with different elastick bands and now only use a very week band so as only need small bottle weight of water. Same with the hole that lets the water out, just small enought so as it take about half hour to alow the steal bar to get pulled up by the top band till the week link is all that is left holding the steal bar. I can then rip my tie rope out. This device look flimsy but take it from me it is fool proff and is only as strong as one wishes to make it. You can make the tree ties week as well if you wished but I never do I use rope
Let me add that when i welded the steal bar with the two tie eyes top and bottom i also tested and re tested to make shore it could not in any way trap and not alow the release to work. Please look at the picture for better explaination Cheers, Paul
It is a batton of wood, at the top it has a screw hook screwed into it.
This has an elastic band hooked on it. This in turn is hooked onto a lenght of steal this lenght of steal passes throught two more clossed eye that are screwed into the batton. this on its bottom end has another band or small lenght of wool tied to it and it is then fitted to a bottle top. The bottle has water in it that is aloud to drip out. in between the two eye is the eye that holds the fourth tie rope.
Now as i play outdoors i like to tie myself inbetween trees so this peice of batton has two ties that tie around the tree that is to hold it
I will add that to get the right size bottle one that was not to big i did mess around with different elastick bands and now only use a very week band so as only need small bottle weight of water. Same with the hole that lets the water out, just small enought so as it take about half hour to alow the steal bar to get pulled up by the top band till the week link is all that is left holding the steal bar. I can then rip my tie rope out. This device look flimsy but take it from me it is fool proff and is only as strong as one wishes to make it. You can make the tree ties week as well if you wished but I never do I use rope
Let me add that when i welded the steal bar with the two tie eyes top and bottom i also tested and re tested to make shore it could not in any way trap and not alow the release to work. Please look at the picture for better explaination Cheers, Paul