Bob Sipp emergency gear change tool.

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Re: Bob Sipp emergency gear change tool.

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I have revised the tool. It is narrower and will fit more easily in the tool roll.

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I have also added a notch to assist in gauging the insertion depth (no, I'm not talking dirty)

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I also put a 20 second video on YouTube. Should help with knowing how to use the tool.

https://youtu.be/AeDuO6mhW3M

The Bob Sipp tool probably works beautifully but I think Mr Sipp is of the "if it is too simple it can be made more complicated" school of thought.
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Airbear wrote: I dunno. When I was playing with this one I rotated the box in different directions and each time it was inverted heard the click that meant the pawl had moved into operational position.
Well, that proves we're not upside down as far as I'm concerned. :ugeek:
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ME 109 wrote:
Airbear wrote: I dunno. When I was playing with this one I rotated the box in different directions and each time it was inverted heard the click that meant the pawl had moved into operational position.
Well, that proves we're not upside down as far as I'm concerned. :ugeek:
Scientific journal time!
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O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.

You see, we've got this ...

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Airbear wrote:O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.
I meant YOU could finally publish - you have proof!
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Rob wrote:
Airbear wrote:O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.
I meant YOU could finally publish - you have proof!
Ah, goodo. Apology attached.
Good to have a poor inverted northerner rootin' for the truth of the matter.
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My grubby efforts! The width of the 4th tool from the left is 40-45mm and the notch (unseen) is exactly 65mm from the tip.
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Airbear wrote:O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.

You see, we've got this ...

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You know, if compasses had pointed south, that's what all our maps would look like (although they'd still have put Europe in the middle, left-to-right).
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Major Softie wrote:
Airbear wrote:O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.

You see, we've got this ...

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You know, if compasses had pointed south, that's what all our maps would look like (although they'd still have put Europe in the middle, left-to-right).
The scale correction for the northern latitudes is good to see. Clearly not a Mercator projection.
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melville wrote:
Major Softie wrote:
Airbear wrote:O, come on Rob. You'll have to come up with something better than that.

You see, we've got this ...

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You know, if compasses had pointed south, that's what all our maps would look like (although they'd still have put Europe in the middle, left-to-right).
The scale correction for the northern latitudes is good to see. Clearly not a Mercator projection.
One would think, with all that extra weight, the northern hemisphere would be on the bottom!
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