[at-l] New thread?

[lbooher@adelphia.net (lbooher)]

Am I the slowest one on the list, or what?  It just dawned on me that this
"new thread" is literally about thread, threads on a screw.  anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Orange Bug <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: <Dbb019@aol.com>; <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] New thread?


> MacKaye never considered the idea of customized trekking poles, 35mm
> SLR cameras with standardized tripod mounts, much less Epoxy. I will
> grant you that he had some prescient writings of mass produced threaded
> rods, as noted on the 26th paragraph of his third essay in the
> Architectural Digest and Popular Astrology.
>
> These are modern inventions that often improve the lot of the long
> distance hiker, adding to the sense of recreation that was foremost for
> MacKaye's first and more familiar essay.
>
> However, if you do not file and repair the threads, you will inevitably
> either strip the thread of the camera's tripod mount, or irreversibly
> attach it to the pole/staff. This will ruin the balance of the
> pole/staff as well as damage the camera from repetitive shocks as you
> "lekilekilekilekilekileki" down the trail.
>
> Plus, I am certain that both he and Avery are turning in their graves
> over the idea of threading into the grain rather than cross grain. Some
> people need to show more dignanty for the sanctity of wood.
>
> Bill...
>
> --- Dbb019@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 3/30/02 6:23:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > orangebug74@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > I thought the new thread was how to repair the bolt after cutting
> > > it to size.
> ...
> > I dispute the necessity of repairing the bolt after cutting it to
> > size.  It seems to me to be in direct opposition to McKaye's writings
> > on the subject.
> >
>
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