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I've got two gavins and a mako at my house. I've never had a properly pinned plastic blade break on me, but I only do 70-100 dives on them a year, so what do I know compared to your vast experience? Ken > From: "William Allen" <william@ca*.co*> > To: "Lais, Bill" <BLais@ha*.co*> > Cc: <cavers@cavers.com> > Subject: Re: Blades for scooter > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 05:15:49 -0500 > I had two teknas with alum. blades, have two AUL 2000 and one 3000 AUL > scooters with alumimun blades i've never had a problem, although i've never > sharpened the blades to turn them into a vegamatic. I also have an apollo > that we use for digging it does have plastic blades but they are the > toughest plastic blade i've ever had. The tekna seem to break as soon as > they hit something i real see no problem with an aluminum blade. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lais, Bill <BLais@ha*.co*> > To: 'William Allen' <william@ca*.co*> > Cc: 'cavers@cavers.com' <cavers@cavers.com> > Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:57 PM > Subject: RE: Blades for scooter > > > >*BIGGER* scooters?? I've never seen a Gavin with Aluminum blades. > > > >Bill Lais, E.I. - Engineer II > >Handex of Florida - Mt. Dora, Fl. > >352/735-1800 ext. 166 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Allen [SMTP:william@ca*.co*] > > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 3:38 AM > > To: John R. Rose; Alan Green > > Cc: cavers@cavers.com > > Subject: Re: Blades for scooter > > > > What bs, it's a tekna not a chevy. The bigger scooters have > >aluminum blades > > and there is a clutch on all the scooters I've ever ridden, > >unless you > > modify the clutch it slips suprisingly easy. > > > > rom: John R. Rose <rose@CS*.Sc*.ED*> > > To: Alan Green <greencave17@ho*.co*> > > Cc: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> > > Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 3:25 PM > > Subject: Re: Blades for scooter > > > > > > >Alan, > > > > > >I'm sure that this is not the answer you want but: > > > > > >Before you do this, take a picture of your hands. > > >That way you can remember what they looked like > > >before you put them through a meat grinder. > > > > > >If you are having touble breaking blades, the answer > > >is to have them pinned. Aluminum should only be used > > >if self-mutilation appeals to you. > > > > > >-John > > > > > >> > > >> I want to replace the blades > > >> on my Tekna scooter with Aluminum > > >> blades . Is there more than one > > >> source ? Who would you recommend > > >> buying them from ? Thanks Alan > > >> > > >> ______________________________________________________ > > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >> > > > > > "Say, is that your Captain Marvel secret decoder lunchbox you got hanging back there?" - Anon E. Mouse
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