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You know you are broke when... Another vic of the bad economy here. Currently un-employed and un willing/able to spend much on gear. So cutting corner is about to go to a higher( maybe deeper) level. So far:
Used an old reel to machine floor cord for "new" wire for epee cord.
Cleanly removed a good epee wire by acetone bath from a broken blade.
re attached a broken wire from the barrel end by "splinting" and soldering a small piece of wire and fixing weapon for club use.
recycling german epee wire cup, punching out the contact pins Then shoving radio shack wire and pushing the pins back for brand new and very "green" epee wire. This completely tasked my hand eye coordination.
What have you done lately? "! A toda madre o al desmadre!"
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Creative.
I used to make my own foil wires from discarded cups and magnet wire. Don't even need to solder a contact if you wrap up the wire correctly.
Other things that I've done in the past:
Bodycords out of speaker wire and cast off bodycord parts.
Traded for a left hander's fencing shoes since I'm right handed.
Craig
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 Originally Posted by Craig  Creative.
I used to make my own foil wires from discarded cups and magnet wire. Don't even need to solder a contact if you wrap up the wire correctly.
Other things that I've done in the past:
Bodycords out of speaker wire and cast off bodycord parts.
Traded for a left hander's fencing shoes since I'm right handed.
Craig And became a vendor so you could supply yourself at a steep discount!!
*says he who pulled a sabre blade last week out of his own inventory to replace one he broke....heck...I paid for it weeks ago!*
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If you ever get to the stage when you consider re-threading grub screws, call it time..... The Stalwart Panda
I'm not grumpy - I suffer from stupidity rage
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Originally Posted by D'Art If you ever get to the stage when you consider re-threading grub screws, call it time..... No kidding!!! Though I do run a 2 foot kitchen knife magnet along the floor now and again and pick up screws springs and the odd tip.......... "! A toda madre o al desmadre!"
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer *says he who pulled a sabre blade last week out of his own inventory to replace one he broke....heck...I paid for it weeks ago!* Careful, that inventory shrinkage from employee theft can ruin you if it gets out of control....
-B "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Careful, that inventory shrinkage from employee theft can ruin you if it gets out of control....
-B Who'd gonna turn me in??? My cats don't care 
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer Who'd gonna turn me in??? My cats don't care That's what you think. Cats get unhappy when their "staff" gets out of hand.... (What you thought you were in charge at home? lol!)
John
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Originally Posted by jfarmer That's what you think. Cats get unhappy when their "staff" gets out of hand.... (What you thought you were in charge at home? lol!)
John Oh no....I'm QUITE aware that I'm at the bottom of the food chain....I'm Capt. Poop-Scoop!
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer Who'd gonna turn me in??? My cats don't care Oh, they'll care. Especially when the food dishes aren't topped of on THEIR schedule!
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Originally Posted by Mergs Oh, they'll care. Especially when the food dishes aren't topped of on THEIR schedule! Nah...they have a couple of at-will feeders for the dry food.
Now the wet we put down for the 12 year old who should've lived past 2 (bad heart valve defect) and, although scraggly, is still spry enough to jump to the table where we put her food....that's another matter....I have to put down a 2nd can on the floor to distract the rest of the clowder so old scraggly cat can get hers.
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thought I'd check the thread to see if any armoring is going on- I am denied! Nothing much but mindless prattle.... I have some wires to go solder at the tang. "! A toda madre o al desmadre!"
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...when you cut slits in the joints of your glove because its to small for you.
...when you weld together sabre blades that broke at the tang, and use them for training. Sabre 
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Maybe this is just me, but
...when you buy your epees piece by piece. I just bought a new epee guard! Sometimes adrenalin is more instructive than meditation. So, in between screaming, try and pay attention.
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If you normally buy a new weapon when anything breaks, I'll take all your old ones!
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You know you're broke when the only international tournament you can afford to attend is in Ohio... Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,
Aureli pathetice et cinaede Furi
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I had free lodging there and couldn't afford to attend...
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You know you are broke when... you tie-dye your own unique pair of jaunty multi-colored beginner fencing socks. Not that I wear jaunty multi-colored fencing socks... anymore... Some kids, when you meet him you just know you're not going to like his mother. ~Maurice Sendak
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I made a bunch of jaunty multi-colored epee body cords from discarded Macintosh power cords.
Originally Posted by foibles You know you are broke when... you tie-dye your own unique pair of jaunty multi-colored beginner fencing socks. Not that I wear jaunty multi-colored fencing socks... anymore...
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Originally Posted by Fedor ...when you cut slits in the joints of your glove because its to small for you.
...when you weld together sabre blades that broke at the tang, and use them for training. I remember taking a saber to a welder three different times to get the tang welded back on. The first guy was pretty good and used an oxy/acetlyn torch, it lasted an extra three months, but failed at the weld again. The 2nd and third guys that I took it to didn't seem to care about their work, used a stick welder and left me with cold welds and bubbles. Still, ya get what ya pays for, and I got an extra six months out of the blade. "Rub her feet!" - Lazarus Long, Time enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein
"Never moon a werewolf."
Mike Binder
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