.....and down the rabbit hole we go

[Melvin-Purvis]

Desire, the mother of necessity...

 

[RayseM]

Yippeee! Clan of the Iron Scribe - I'm in

Ray

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

I'll start the bidding at $510 and a sixer of Pabst...

 

[Mack]

I'll start the bidding at $510 and a sixer of Pabst...

I'd rather have a little Busch.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

Dirty hippie...

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

I like the way you think. A little hook would be a great tool.

Macks knitting needle?
For threading and splicing rope this would be a terrible design, for working knots it would work well I think.

This is just a clay model, fooling around to see how it would go. I might try a different twist, one that goes in opposite directions, I'm sure it has a name, but I have no idea what it is.

 

[RayseM]

Macks knitting needle?
I might try a different twist, one that goes in opposite directions, I'm sure it has a name, but I have no idea what it is.

I would call it a South American Helix - the one you show, I believe, is a North American Helix - considering the coriolis effect.
That's me - just inventing a name but I think, based on sound principle. Although I might be dyslexic

Ray

 

[Mack]

Whatever you call it, it looks like a great tool.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Factoring in the rotation of the earth might be a little much in this case lol.

Technically speaking, I'll give it a whack whack bangaroo whammy and see what happens.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

The bangaroo whammy comment reminded me of something I came across last week...

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Third project, Mack's Marlin Spike Hooky Thingamabob.

Had to start the afternoon with some hammerin, onto bigger things.

 

[RayseM]

...can stand in as a tent stake - little tent . I think he'll like it.
Still to be rounded right?

Ray

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Yeah, i'll round it by hand, my hammer skills are lacking in that department.