fencing box diagram

[DHCJr]

Thank you, that made my day. I forgot about that. He's also created a life detector in one of his earlier box. He had space on the outside to add two prongs. You squeeze the prongs and the box starts clicking, the harder you squeeze the faster the clicks.

It seems his standard is, if a box has room for an ant to crawl through, he can add more. Which makes his latest design amazing. The Nowegian National Team asked Dan to design a box for them. This is huge! It is about the size of 2 or 3 SG-12 stacked on top of each other. You could fit a small cat inside the space that is left over. They wanted something big, because it was going to stay at their National Training site and they wanted something that would not walk off.

I have the other extreme. I have the original Perfect Fencer, a tester that can be plugged in anywhere in the circuit from the weapon to the box and take the place of the fencer. It has connectors for Epee, Two prong, Leon Paul, Cammari, it can plug into the reel, floor cord or machine, it has a place to substitute for the lame and guard, it can put in A-B, B-C, A-C shorts, a B-C break. It has a working Foil and Epee tips AND it fits easily in the palm of your hand.

Thank you again, Oiuyt!

[pkt]

DHC Jr,

Thank you for the kind words.
I found out I needed the resistors when I bought the LEDs. The salesman said that I needed them.

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We once put an Uhlmann scoring machine that came with the reels, etc. in a box on wheels.

The ground crew unloading the plane put the damn box on its wheels onto the conveyor belt... Guess what happened when the box came down the conveyor belt:
We had to yell to the baggage handler to get out of the way of the fast accelerating box...

PK

[DHCJr]

Serves them right! Just kidding, but I have wondered about the baggage handlers at times.

Carl Oberg has a tool box which he got from Surplus. It was designed for use in submarines. It was designed to work down to 50 fathoms. It now has a large dent in one CORNER, the strongest part of the case after a plane trip. How far did they drop it?

A fencer was watching them unload the baggage on the plane they just got off. The driver after getting a full load, drove off and swerved to miss a 747. The 747 did not miss the fencing bag that fell out of the cart. You should have seen that mask.

I hope the case and the machine and reels were not damaged.

[edew]

Just like those 747 drivers to think they own the road. Must be a suburban mom who drives a SUV when not working. :-)

[pkt]

"I forgot to describe an even simpler tester to make. Take an Epee guard connector and from an electronic store a 9-volt battery, battery connector, and two of the little lights with wires connected. Remove the piece that connects the C-line to the bracket and connect it to the B-line. Attach one wire from one light to the A-line and the other light to the C-line. Join the other wire from each light to one of the wires from the battery connector. Connect the other line from the battery connector to the B-line. You now have a tester. You can use tape to hold it together."

DHC Jr,

Remember I AM a dummy with things electric:
What are the refernce to lines A, B and C.

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I can't remember what happened to the Uhlmann box or the contents. But given the way Germans build things [Can we make it more complicated? Ja? Do it.] I think the fact that the rubber bumper on the carousel onto which the luggage goes dissipated the force.

We're still using the scoring machine in spite of the fact that we made some changes to it. The reels are still being used. They are much better than the blue turtles which tend to move...

You should have seen the hustle the baggge handler displayed when he lept out of the little enclosure he was in.
The airport authority eventually removed the enclosures...



PK

[DHCJr]

For all out there, this is a standard shorthand the world over. We designate the pins A,B,C based on the order given in the rule book. We're all lazy, so we do try short hand.

The A line (other) goes to the pin closest (15mm) to the center pin. This is also the clip on the Foil/Sabre body cord.

The B line (power) goes to center pin. This is the small prong on the two-prong body cord and usually the center on any of the bayonet cords.

The C line (ground) goes to the pin farthest (20mm) to the center pin. This is the large prong on the two-prong body cord and usually the outside on any of the bayonet cords.

Knowing this will help in describibing and listening to any problems with your equipment, such as you have your B and C lines reversed on your body cord. You will know what they are talking about.

I assume this was an arbritary decision. It has been around a lot longer than me, so it is pretty much standard short-talk only in the sport of fencing.

[pkt]

DHC Jr,

Thank you once again.

PK