I am a ret. military USN SERE (survival) instructor - I travel to the Amazon, etc. Could this hand crank be modified as to use in an emer. to "shock fish as we use to do with the old phone cranks"? Hmmmm, add wires to hang in the water and crank ? "Mtn...
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The K-Tor charger is great 4 charging small devices, however the internal composit and electric system would not allow for a sufficient electrical discharge as to stun fish. Sorry, try line fishing or small (m80 type) fireworks instead. Good luck, prepper 9.
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The cable wouldn't be long enough. If you need a tach for a boat, I would get a real tach wired in. Help is a long way on the water. This should be used more for a service application or mounted on smaller motors. It will work with your boat motor though if you're looking to do diagnostic work
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It would be simple enough to rig an adapter to accept an electric drill but honestly it would make it harder, not easier to use. Going uphill really requires some torque on the crank handle. You still have to brace the torque if you are using a drill, just now you are using a shorter lever (the drill handle). What you would save in cranking energy you would lose in trying to brace the drill from spinning out of your hand. On level ground, this thing is very easy to use and a drill would be a solution looking for a problem.In short, use it as is. A drill would not be worth using.
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We did this with a ham, although I think our pot was bigger than 6 qts. We used tongs to fish the chain out of the hot water which was a bit challenging, but it did work. I'm pretty sure with a 6 qt pot you might be able to somehow hook the ends of the chain onto the pot handles. Worth a try. The lifting part was easy.
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Yes, we have the crank style too and it works just fine. I bought 2 of them.
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It's got a manual crank, but honestly you won't be able to crank it enough by hand to do much. It's just has too much diameter and length for hand-cranking. I think if you need a 1/2 by 50-footer you also need a machine to feed and rotate; wish I'd had a better idea about that before I bought mine.
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there are two speeds for the crank speed, so that alone should not be a problem; I would think as in any crank is the ability to control the casing flow without air pockets, hope this helps (for the money this is a good machine for small time use)
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I'd like to use this inside my sailboat cabin. Seems I should be able to put a 12v adapter onto its plug in order to use with my marine battery. Does anybody know if this sounds feasible?
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The battery terminals and clips do quite well. It had standard hex nuts, but we changed the nuts to wing nuts just for ease of use. We have a 14' jon boat and have had NO PROBLEMS with loss of power. It was a great purchase for us. Bear in mind, most of the area lakes that we go don't have strong current. Also, we typically are in "No Wake" areas when fishing.
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its going to make an old school crank, like a 1 piece design) adapt to a cartridge style bottom bracket, you decide the size of the bb, depending on the crank choice. hope that helps
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I think a geared down fractional hp motor might work. At times under hand cranking the cob kind of jams and rather than power through, I back up part of a turn. Torqu required is in the range of 10 pounds on a crank almost one foot from crank shaft. Rotation speed would be maybe one rotation in two seconds. One rotation on handle does about one cob. Handle attaches with square pin on shaft that fits in crank. Pin is aprox 0.5 inch on side.
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if it were me, i'd suggest not. just because it wouldn't take much moisture to wreck it. we got it for an english setter and she "eats the shocks for breakfast". if she sees something out of bounds, she's gone and is willing to put up with the shocks till they stop. it may well be ok for swimming but i have a water proof watch that i won't swim with..............
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No. It's preferable to hand crank vs. using a drill motor. Unless you have a clutch setting on your drill, and set quite low, it is far too easy to turn your new snake cable into a twisted piece of spaghetti upon hitting any kind of obstruction. I returned this snake to Amazon after finding out that the collar bushing for the cable set-screw is made of cheesy plastic. Upon stripping out, and it will doing a tenant service call Sunday morning before a football game, you will not be able to use the snake. Get a metal collar bushing and it will last...until your brother borrows it and forgets to return it! No. It's preferable to hand crank vs. using a drill motor. Unless you have a clutch setting on your drill, and set quite low, it is far too easy to turn your new snake cable into a twisted piece of spaghetti upon hitting any kind of obstruction. I returned this snake to Amazon after finding out that the collar bushing for the cable set-screw is made of cheesy plastic. Upon stripping out, and it will doing a tenant service call Sunday morning before a football game, you will not be able to use the snake. Get a metal collar bushing and it will last...until your brother borrows it and forgets... » Read More No. It's preferable to hand crank vs. using a drill motor. Unless you have a clutch setting on your drill, and set quite low, it is far too easy to turn your new snake cable into a twisted piece of spaghetti upon hitting any kind of obstruction. I returned this snake to Amazon after finding out that the collar bushing for the cable set-screw is made of cheesy plastic. Upon stripping out, and it will doing a tenant service call Sunday morning before a football game, you will not be able to use the snake. Get a metal collar bushing and it will last...until your brother borrows it and forgets to return it! « Show Less
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where as i find this tube to be very rugged for the remote pond fishing i do here in the western mountains of maine. i am not real sure i would want to venture out to sea in it? smooth ponds or ponds with a little chop are not bad but i think you would be taking it outside its comfort zone if you took it out in the ocean.
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Probably. However, I found using the holder to be rather awkward given overhead branches and the need to paddle to keep the boat oriented to where I wanted to cast. Jonathan's question about fit is something I can't answer. Cheers!
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There is different opinions about whether non hardwire electronics would suffer during an emp, both by people that presume to know. This radio, as well as any small electronics is at risk, but could be put in a metal ammo can that had been lined with cardboard or foam (top ,bottom and sides) creating a Faraday cage. The emp charge goes around the box, but the contents are insulated and protected. The Scorpion is a excellent emergency radio - light with 3 sources of powering it. Solar, crank, and with a plug in charger that is sold separate. The crank is not made for kids to play with. It doesn't have to be cranked fast to charge up. It has a clutch like mechanism in it that pops out if cranked to fast. Normal to slow cranking resets it. When it pops out, it makes a person think someting broke, but its not. It needs cranked in a way that doesn't put unecessary twist on the crank handle itself or it can break. I have had mine several years and purchased a couple for a homeless person. I would not hesitate to get another one. The enclosed battery packs are replaceable but I have not had to as of yet. Even with prolonged periods of going dead in the dark from being unused.
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See the handle hanging (lowest item in the photo) that is attached by a line to a small cylinder of air. You have to pull that handle to set off the air that inflates the vest. It is category III lifevest:" Good for calm, inland waters, or where there is a good chance for fast rescue." I was a little disappointed that the makers of these vests are not required to state that in their advertisements. I bought mine for offshore kayaking, and I really should have purchased a more expensive model. If you are doing any river rafting I would recommend something that does not require manual inflation. If you accidentally bump your head, you may be incapable of igniting this device. Good luck. See the handle hanging (lowest item in the photo) that is attached by a line to a small cylinder of air. You have to pull that handle to set off the air that inflates the vest. It is category III lifevest:" Good for calm, inland waters, or where there is a good chance for fast rescue." I was a little disappointed that the makers of these vests are not required to state that in their advertisements. I bought mine for offshore kayaking, and I really should have purchased a more expensive model. If you are doing any river rafting I would recommend something that does not require... » Read More See the handle hanging (lowest item in the photo) that is attached by a line to a small cylinder of air. You have to pull that handle to set off the air that inflates the vest. It is category III lifevest:" Good for calm, inland waters, or where there is a good chance for fast rescue." I was a little disappointed that the makers of these vests are not required to state that in their advertisements. I bought mine for offshore kayaking, and I really should have purchased a more expensive model. If you are doing any river rafting I would recommend something that does not require manual inflation. If you accidentally bump your head, you may be incapable of igniting this device. Good luck. « Show Less