line testing machine at SWE (this Thursday, 2.9)

[O.D. Mike]

Hey Pete, it was nice talking with you and Peter today about Zeebaas and all of the new products that you have. Going to try to make it down for one of your seminars on Thursday.....
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[Pete_G]

The machine is the greatest thing ever...

Very entertaining to watch the connections that we trust breaking FAR below what we would expect and other knots performing much better.

Not particularly a good thing to have in a tackle shop as it relates to productivity, going to have to chase the staff away from it to get anything done today...

Need a few more tests to be sure but I don't think I'm ever tying another clinch in mono. Uni-knot is apparently far superior... On to the Palomar.

[Pete_G]

Actual break strength of 30# Fireline? 75.8 pounds...

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Actual break strength of 30# Fireline? 75.8 pounds...

Got a piece of 10# Sufix 832 you could try?

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Matt D

Got a piece of 10# Sufix 832 you could try?

29.9 on the first pull, 30.1 on the 2nd. Probably need to pull at least once more to be properly scientific, but I think you could safely say 10# 832 tests at 30#'s...

[chefchris401]

pete while your testing place do the daiwa samuria 40 and 55.

cant make it tonight.

can you test the ta clips and the breakaway clips on there?

see if theyll hold true to suggested weights?

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by chefchris401

pete while your testing place do the daiwa samuria 40 and 55.

cant make it tonight.

can you test the ta clips and the breakaway clips on there?

see if theyll hold true to suggested weights?

Samurai is usually considered to hold true. Sure enough, I did a couple pulls on 55# last night and it popped at approximately 54 and 55. Very rare in the world of braid where everything is underrated.

Didn't see this post until this morning, so we didn't get to test any clips.

Hopefully we can get the machine back next year, there was a lot of eye opening data last night.

[makomania]

Originally Posted by chefchris401

pete while your testing place do the daiwa samuria 40 and 55.

cant make it tonight.

can you test the ta clips and the breakaway clips on there?

see if theyll hold true to suggested weights?

the samauri is soo slick I'll never try another uni/clinch. knots were untying before the line broke....time to just use the palomar

here's pics of the backlash clips...I did this by hand

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

29.9 on the first pull, 30.1 on the 2nd. Probably need to pull at least once more to be properly scientific, but I think you could safely say 10# 832 tests at 30#'s...

Cool, just what I had heard through the grapevine.

Thanks!