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I was considering making an all metal throw ball launcher like that, but the local price for parts put it close to $100 or more. I can build a PVC one for maybe $30 or so. I was kicking around an idea I had heard of from Pumpkin Chucking. Guys usually are in one of two camps, high pressure/low volume or low pressure/high volume. All of these bag launchers seem to be geared towards high pressure/low volume. So my thought was to maybe try low pressure/high volume. Do a 36” or maybe 48” ”barrel” of 1.5” and same size valve, the do a 2’ long chamber of 4” and see what pressure it takes. Might try building two. Might finally build a potato gun. We shall see where it goes. Also thought about using 2” for the “barrel” and a rag “wad” to ensure the best fit.
I keep looking at the big Hickory that dad wants down and all the little branches and my sawzall seems like the ticket. I don’t want to leave a saw running between cuts and I want to limb as I climb because I don’t want the limbs in the way when I top it and rig the tops down.
My goal is to use friction savers and SRT as much as possible. I’m not trying to do production work so a little extra setup is fine by me. I also want to minimize heat and wear on my Akimbo, so with SRT it would be no big deal to do a figure 8 and drop when it comes time to exit the canopy with no risk of friction on a branch.
The big hurdle is rope. I need something that will run well on the Akimbo and SRT, but also be capable of handling DRT and things like a figure 8.
I was considering making an all metal throw ball launcher like that, but the local price for parts put it close to $100 or more. I can build a PVC one for maybe $30 or so. I was kicking around an idea I had heard of from Pumpkin Chucking. Guys usually are in one of two camps, high pressure/low volume or low pressure/high volume. All of these bag launchers seem to be geared towards high pressure/low volume. So my thought was to maybe try low pressure/high volume. Do a 36” or maybe 48” ”barrel” of 1.5” and same size valve, the do a 2’ long chamber of 4” and see what pressure it takes. Might try building two. Might finally build a potato gun. We shall see where it goes. Also thought about using 2” for the “barrel” and a rag “wad” to ensure the best fit.
I keep looking at the big Hickory that dad wants down and all the little branches and my sawzall seems like the ticket. I don’t want to leave a saw running between cuts and I want to limb as I climb because I don’t want the limbs in the way when I top it and rig the tops down.
My goal is to use friction savers and SRT as much as possible. I’m not trying to do production work so a little extra setup is fine by me. I also want to minimize heat and wear on my Akimbo, so with SRT it would be no big deal to do a figure 8 and drop when it comes time to exit the canopy with no risk of friction on a branch.
The big hurdle is rope. I need something that will run well on the Akimbo and SRT, but also be capable of handling DRT and things like a figure 8.