Re: Making a Raimundo-Style Snapper
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:39 am
You set the tension when you make it, its a matter of the angle of the two arms of the thing and the angle between them,
you can mitigate the tension by not pressing it down all the way before let off
Different spokes have differnt diameters
the guy Spyderco on the 101 who reviewed a number of the older ones really liked one that was made of very stiff bladed spoke, that thing was a beast until it destroyed itself from use.
he was unfamiliar with snappers until he did the review, Matt Fiddler sent the snappers to him because he didn't want to review them himself, I only asked that he show a photo of the new style snapper but he had already lost his copy so he sent this guy a lot of old ones I had sent him over time.
the tight little 720 degree coils can be a bear larger diameter coils can also help mitigate the strike I suppose, those of you who have the pliers Piotr recommends can make larger coils.
you can mitigate the tension by not pressing it down all the way before let off
Different spokes have differnt diameters
the guy Spyderco on the 101 who reviewed a number of the older ones really liked one that was made of very stiff bladed spoke, that thing was a beast until it destroyed itself from use.
he was unfamiliar with snappers until he did the review, Matt Fiddler sent the snappers to him because he didn't want to review them himself, I only asked that he show a photo of the new style snapper but he had already lost his copy so he sent this guy a lot of old ones I had sent him over time.
the tight little 720 degree coils can be a bear larger diameter coils can also help mitigate the strike I suppose, those of you who have the pliers Piotr recommends can make larger coils.