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adatesman
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shimanilami
Nov 1, 2008, 5:56 AM
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Where'd Majid's post go? I'll pay money to see him take a whipper on one of his homemade cams, and I bet there are a lot of other RC.com posters who would as well.
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knieveltech
Nov 1, 2008, 6:08 AM
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shimanilami wrote: Where'd Majid's post go? I'll pay money to see him take a whipper on one of his homemade cams, and I bet there are a lot of other RC.com posters who would as well.
I'd gleefully pay for footage of him taking a 150' factor 2 whipper onto a slung can of denty moore beef stew. Btw rad contest concept from the OP. Just might have to come up with an entry myself. Would help if the deadline was extended to say Feb. tho. Things are kinda hectic now.
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angry
Nov 1, 2008, 9:38 AM
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I might be in.
Let me mull a crazy idea around for a while.
A couple hints, it would lose the because of it's weight and would be so specialized as to be nearly useless. If I make a nearly useless cam, I might call it the majid special.
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adatesman
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jeremy11
Nov 3, 2008, 6:02 PM
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I think I'll join, starting simple with a nice forged friend copy.
where do I find the springs?
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dondada
Nov 3, 2008, 6:19 PM
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  at slung can of dinty moore beef stew
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knieveltech
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adatesman wrote: February? Sounds fine to me... I had picked the end of the year rather arbitrarily, figuring it would be far enough out to give people time to do it yet soon enough to not lose interest. I forgot about people generally being busy around the holidays, so pushing it back is probably a good idea. Thinking about it some more, I think that having a predetermined crack size may bias the strength testing towards designs with high strength and no range. To account for this the crack will be set to a random width of somewhere between 1.5" and 1.625" for the strength test. That should weed out non-adjustable miniature Big Bros and ginormous ballnuts and make designing in at least a bit of expansion range necessary. Thoughts?
I think this is an excellent idea. If it's successful it'd be super-sweet to make it an annual thing and get the gear manufacturers to sponsor. If you want to go ahead and formalize the contest rules and grading system and post up here, I'm almost certain to enter (especially if there's a beauty pageant category).
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Gmburns2000
Nov 3, 2008, 6:59 PM
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adatesman wrote: Anyway, with the activity over in the Homemade Cams thread it occurs to me now that there haven't been all that many challenges posted here on RC.com and its damned well time we had one.... (well, a second one.... I'm still waiting for the TR from WVUCLMBR's multi-day 35 foot small-wall epic at Cooper's Rock.... Thought I forgot, didja?  )
Yeah, seriously, we never did get those pics of him on a bivy twenty feet up. I feel like I was totally led on. 
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angry
Nov 3, 2008, 7:25 PM
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angry wrote: I might be in. Let me mull a crazy idea around for a while. A couple hints, it would lose the because of it's weight and would be so specialized as to be nearly useless. If I make a nearly useless cam, I might call it the majid special.
Upon further mulling, I'm in.
Actually I'm out.
I'll introduce a piece that will make some wild and wierd aid pitches go by really fast. Almost certainly A5, but fucking quick and easy. It's going to be so different than the competition that it won't be able to be scored. It will have some cam lobes though.
I might even try to use it, though I'm kinda scared of it.
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fresh
Nov 3, 2008, 7:27 PM
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adatesman wrote: Build a cam and send it to me before the end of the year. ...lets standardize on cams that fit in a 1.5" crack.
1. legit
2. an ingenious ploy to get a bunch of cams for some handcrack you're working.
I like your style.
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howlostami
Nov 4, 2008, 3:05 PM
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I don't post much, but I want to play too. Put me in for two, one crafted by hand, and one with CNC'd lobes and other parts, the CNC time will cost me some beer, but it's worth it.
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basilisk
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I'm pretty excited by this idea. I'll see what I can come up with
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howlostami
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Bump for late night brainstorms.
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adatesman
Nov 13, 2008, 2:28 PM
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WVUCLMBR
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LOL. Fantasy football has kept me away, but I didn't forget about the coopers rock big wall. I'm just planning it on the d-low b/c the park rangers wanna bust me and boo-boo. I led it the other day to scope out anchor placements....it's possible, but sketchy.
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adatesman
Nov 29, 2008, 1:59 PM
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adatesman
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knieveltech
Nov 29, 2008, 4:37 PM
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adatesman wrote: Ok, here's the new post to replace the edits above.... I've been kicking this around with Our Benevolent Blue Overlord and we have some options.... 1. Go ahead with the competition using whatever rules we want 2. Wait until after New Years, at which point he should be able to score us a corporate sponsor and some awesome prizes. Option 1 gets us going sooner, but Option 2 has awesome prizes. I assume everyone would prefer Option 2? -a. EDIT- Oh, and I'm moving this over to The Lab....
Viva la 2009 homemade cam cup! I say wait. This could be epic.
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j_ung
Nov 29, 2008, 5:04 PM
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knieveltech wrote: adatesman wrote: Ok, here's the new post to replace the edits above.... I've been kicking this around with Our Benevolent Blue Overlord and we have some options.... 1. Go ahead with the competition using whatever rules we want 2. Wait until after New Years, at which point he should be able to score us a corporate sponsor and some awesome prizes. Option 1 gets us going sooner, but Option 2 has awesome prizes. I assume everyone would prefer Option 2? -a. EDIT- Oh, and I'm moving this over to The Lab.... Viva la 2009 homemade cam cup! I say wait. This could be epic.
Somebody thinks he has a winner in mind!
Nobody's questioned this yet, but for what it's worth, even with a sponsor, adatesman would determine the rules with Lab input. A sponsor would just get their name and logo in on it in exchange for prizes. If somebody came up with something really special, that sponsor would have no unique dibs on it or anything, so don't worry about that either.
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angry
Nov 29, 2008, 5:13 PM
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Is the sponsorship to pay for the prize or is it to pay for the cost in prototyping?
Also, is there an "atypical" category.
What I have in mind is very much a camming device. It is not however what would be considered a cam (friends, camalots, spring loaded thingies that go into cracks). To my knowledge, it's never been seen before.
The mockup will be made from wood and owing to it's design will be both weaker and heavier than most of the entries. I do expect it to be capable of it's intended purpose. Scary aid. The thing is not designed to go into a crack though so it's hard to score against the others.
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j_ung
Nov 29, 2008, 5:23 PM
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angry wrote: Is the sponsorship to pay for the prize or is it to pay for the cost in prototyping?
In this case, it's to get good prizes. They'd get their name involved in exchange. Even if I can't get a sponsor, the site'll cough up for some sort of prize... even if I have to pay for it out of pocket. But, a sponsor = a better prize. 
In reply to: Also, is there an "atypical" category. What I have in mind is very much a camming device. It is not however what would be considered a cam (friends, camalots, spring loaded thingies that go into cracks). To my knowledge, it's never been seen before. The mockup will be made from wood and owing to it's design will be both weaker and heavier than most of the entries. I do expect it to be capable of it's intended purpose. Scary aid. The thing is not designed to go into a crack though so it's hard to score against the others.
The rest of that's above my pay grade, though needless to say, I'm pretty freaking curious. Maybe you guys need a winner for strongest and most creative. adatesman has the final word on that.
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adatesman
Nov 29, 2008, 7:17 PM
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basilisk
Nov 29, 2008, 9:48 PM
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I'll vote wait 'till '09, but only because the world is hectic right now. Personally I'm not really interested in having a sponsor or a prize
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adatesman
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