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Reply #15 - Aug 10th, 2006 at 3:20pm
 
here is how to make a quick mini ropedart pretty cheep (if you have the stuff laying around.  otherwise it will cost about $5 US, with lots of leftover material)

first, get some braided mason's line like this:
mason's line

then get an eye screw like this:
eye screw (mine's about 1.5 inches long)

and cut a length (i use about 15 feet) of the cord, and tie it on to the eye screw with the best knot you can think of.  i use a trucker's hitch:
trucker's hitch

makes for a good littl epocket version of the ropedart (though deploying it is a little tricky because the line likes to tangle when i take it out of my pocket.  perhaps a loose monkey chain?)
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Reply #16 - Aug 12th, 2006 at 1:44pm
 
Sounds like it would work . How thick is the metal ? Got a picture ? Cheesy
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Re: mewants to make a ropedart
Reply #17 - Aug 12th, 2006 at 4:48pm
 
well, actaully i don't have a picture, but the gauge of the wire it is made from is something around 1 or 0 (that is, if you are using the american system.  i don't know how international it is though.)  it measures at about 1/2 centimeter in diameter.
when i find it again, i will see about taking a picture (it is lost in my room somewhere now  Embarrassed )
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Reply #18 - Dec 16th, 2006 at 5:20pm
 
siguy wrote on Aug 10th, 2006 at 3:20pm:
here is how to make a quick mini ropedart pretty cheep (if you have the stuff laying around.  otherwise it will cost about $5 US, with lots of leftover material)

first, get some braided mason's line like this:
mason's line

then get an eye screw like this:
eye screw (mine's about 1.5 inches long)

and cut a length (i use about 15 feet) of the cord, and tie it on to the eye screw with the best knot you can think of.  i use a trucker's hitch:
trucker's hitch

makes for a good littl epocket version of the ropedart (though deploying it is a little tricky because the line likes to tangle when i take it out of my pocket.  perhaps a loose monkey chain?)


Neat Smiley
Say though, why use a trucker's hitch? I thought the idea was to be able to compound force (gives you  twice the 'power' actually, if we negate friction), but I don't imagine you'd be needing that much force to get your dart out of someone.... What am I missing?
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Reply #19 - Dec 16th, 2006 at 11:57pm
 
(chanting) bowline bowline bowline...
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Re: mewants to make a ropedart
Reply #20 - Dec 17th, 2006 at 10:48am
 
Fritz_the_Cat wrote on Aug 7th, 2006 at 2:54pm:
Wow that looks cool. Bet it hurts real good too.  Tongue

Did yoy braid over the nail ? Smiley

Do you neeed the RopeDart book ? Wink

Sorry, I have not been on alot and must have missed your post Frize_the_cat.

Any ways If you still want the answer to your question, I did not but instead I put the nail set inside the round braid of a rope I had lying around and secured it with duct tape. the braid holds it in pretty good.  You could braid around it your self though.

And yes I would like that book if you could still get it.

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Reply #21 - Dec 17th, 2006 at 2:21pm
 
Anybody knows what happened to Fritz? He's not posting for half a year. I just hope that he didn't finally manage to NOT duck under his ropedart or MG  Undecided.
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Re: mewants to make a ropedart
Reply #22 - Dec 17th, 2006 at 2:47pm
 
Matthias wrote on Dec 16th, 2006 at 11:57pm:
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Figure 8, Figure 8, Figure 8!!

Ha, I'm actually thinking that a Bow String knot would be mose effective here.
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