Drill Holders

[John]

Nice leashes. Nice frame of fun destruction too.
I mentioned before that you can't press something into a blind hole without giving the air a place to go. Air pockets will resist pressing to the point of crushing/bending metal. A flat ground lengthwise on the pin would be enough to relieve the air. You should grind it apart to find out what happened.

[daniel banquo merrick]

Munge,

Since I have given away prototypes in the past, I'll send you this one for free if you promise to use it, or get somebody to use it, and let me know how the leash works.

If Munge doesn't want it or simply wants to preserve his elbow, I'm sure somebody will.

[daniel banquo merrick]

Took the grinder to it. The dowel pin was seated. Turns out the pins are 1-1/4" long. Why I didn't notice that is beyond me. I will attribute it to senility.

[John]

Well there ya go.

[Aaron McDonald]

Hello All,

I guess news travels.  That was my drill with the fraying swage.  That being said I really like the Merrick Bayonett.  I took Munge's advice, cut the cable off and replaced with a piece of 3mm cord.  Works great now! You do not get the pinching like the rockpec and they seem to be more aggressive at making holes. Highly recommended! Thanks again Daniel!

[susan]

Hi Aaron, Nice to see you post! Hope you are getting out there these days.

[daniel banquo merrick]

Somebody asked me for a drill holder a couple days ago and after a long search through the garage and all my climbing gear, I cannot find a single bayonet type holder. I did find one of the holders made from a bolt.

I don't think I will make any of the bayonet type again although I have the materials and tools to do so. The hammers are more satisfying to make.

I had a couple of the bayonet holders that I was using but I loaned them to Eric Sloan to try out. Eric says he is collecting gear for people to use replacing bolts and he later asked me to donate them for that purpose. He also kept the DAMMERR I had been using. He said he used them to replace bolts on the dawn wall for TC and KJ and I asked him to take photos of that but he didn't. I always keep the defective stuff for myself so he got used seconds.

Anyway, no more bayonet holders unless somebody wants to make them.