Rolly Beenen
Registered: March 2005
Location: Bowmanville
Posts: 10
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:09am
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Not really certain what you are trying to show here.
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:21am
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Size matters - the hammer handle shape is correct for someone that uses a tool all day - the flats on the side are there for a purpose - the shape positions the fingers for a curl in a position that will not cut off circulation and still provide a firm grip and secure - I can not post a high res picture to show everyting I wanted too - this seat is large enough to properly fill the hand for long term comfort and has flat sides (it is not round) - cut down to remove 35% of initial wt - front short enough to finger touch blank. I started off using size 16 round spin seats (uncomfortable and actually cut off circulation in fingers with long term use) and have progressively gotten larger and larger. Stan McClean posted a picture the other day showing a flat spin seat and Tom Kirkman noted "filling the hand was important from an ergonometric standpoint. They were right! This one started out as a Fuji 18 Palm support and I have some 20s on order to see just how much larger you can go without impacting the weight issue of the light drop shot and shaky head rods using micro guides.
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Ted Morgan
Registered: March 2005
Location: Townsville, Australia
Posts: 125
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:25am
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He's showing it from an ergonomic standpoint. Seats are standard DPSD, in 16, 17, and 18. Functional ergonomics from changing to a size 18 NPS seat, akin in shape to the hammer handle. NPS trimmed at the fixed hood end, and the threaded barrel shortened, for weight reduction.
But Bill, you forgot the No-foregrip!
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bill boettcher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Hackensack new jersey
Posts: 211
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:29am
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Nice idea Bill. A hammer that is used all day and fells good in the hand. Now make a seat like the handle. I like the thought.
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:43am
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Guilty as charged!! I am serious about taking the thoughts and ideas of others seriously and putting them to use, where applicable, to build a better rod! The real use of the hammer will be to "Bop" those who resist "change" and demand conventional concepts!
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Anthony Lee
Registered: September 2006
Location: Singapore
Posts: 264
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Sun December 28, 2008 9:50am
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Bill you should also try the Fuji VSS 17. You can shape both the cork or Eva part to fit your hand.
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Ted Morgan
Registered: March 2005
Location: Townsville, Australia
Posts: 125
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Sun December 28, 2008 10:43am
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Hahaha, Bill you crack me up sometimes, but I always tune in.... especially now, when the focus is on spinning rods.
The VSS 17 is a good seat, but there's little bits they missed again. I am currently doctoring one and setting up a new grip that should be pretty sweet.
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Sun December 28, 2008 11:31am
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...so I get an anvil stuck on a 10 foot drill rod and go to unjamify it with a 3 lb hammer. A chip of hardened steel one quarter inch in diameter flys off the anvil at high velocity and imbeds itself into my face. The doctor removed the foreign object for me and I keep it rattling around in a Tic Tac container to remind me that theres ALWAYS A BETTER WAY to remove an anvil from a 10 foot drill rod.
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Sun December 28, 2008 12:08pm
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MJ: Teh sharp imbedded steel slivers and scars on your face should cause great concern to teh the "bluffers" sitting across eth table from you when you go all in! You will surely understand this as you make your living continually wandering aroung outside teh box of conventional wisdom! Everyboty else looking at this post look up and see the 1302 noted in the box under MJs name - he is teh King Uf dis Photo House!
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Sun December 28, 2008 2:08pm
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1305 Bill...more like teh Jack uff!
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Mon December 29, 2008 1:16am
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Bill,Teh "Yankee" grabbed it all 2 nite, sporting a NERBS long sleeve, a yellow Carhart hoody, and a Castaway hat courtesy of Swampland...winning hand? JJ...priceless! Keep it up, step it up...your a true NERB but will never admit it!...EmJay.
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Mon December 29, 2008 7:30am
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Congrats on teh win! Any surrender would create a burial site for all teh swarming ants - muc mo fun dis wa! In Sti Gator.
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