"quicKutter" from Australia- cut ropes tangled @ prop?
 

If anyone has or knows of user "Pros & Cons" for subject, please share.
On the Morgan sailboat list, several are interested & hoping to find a
USA dealer, or package an order to Aust. Also, suggest checking its
Link- the "quicKutter" looks good. Ideas? JB Reeves Mathews, Va.
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Date: Monday, March 6, 2006 11:46 PM
From: Allen-Paul Templet
To:
Subject: [morganowners] Line Cutters (quicKutter from AU.)-
Another Possiblity?
Karl:
I agree with John and have followed the links but have not been able to
find a US Distributor. Perhaps if enough were interested, we could
organize a group buy... I'd be in for one
ap s/v Pelican
Scheel-Morgan 462 #077 Gig Harbor, WA
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: Morgan;
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:29 AM
Subject: [morganowners] Line Cutters (quicKutter from AU.)-Another
Possiblity
hi Karl. Thanks for another smart suggestion!

Please pass on to us/ Morganowners list anything you learn
a- Pros/ Cons heard from users of these "quicKutters" from Au. mfgr.,
b- approx. prices & if they must be purchased directly from Australia,
or who are qualified dealers in USA?,
c- how these compare to the other types of rope cutters.

With the several hassles we've had with crab pots, I'm fairly interesed
--if these really do work & aren't too costly. From some Goggle
trials, I've not found yet who on East Coast USA should be contacted.
We are going to Florida (Daytona Beach area) Mar. 25- April 2 and I'd
like to find any dealers or users near there.
Again, Karl- your insights are valuable! good sailing, John Reeves
Va. M-28
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Karl Burton wrote:
Speaking of line cutters, having had my own encounter of that kind last
year, I was looking around and found this thing. The operating principle
seems to me to be much simpler, less intrusive, and probably more robust
that the other types.

http://www.quickutter.com/

"quicKutter" from Australia- cut ropes tangled @ prop?
 

On 7 Mar 2006 05:38:41 -0800, "mtnsailor"
wrote:

If anyone has or knows of user "Pros & Cons" for subject, please share.
On the Morgan sailboat list, several are interested & hoping to find a
USA dealer, or package an order to Aust. Also, suggest checking its
Link- the "quicKutter" looks good. Ideas? JB Reeves Mathews, Va.
------------------
Date: Monday, March 6, 2006 11:46 PM
From: Allen-Paul Templet
To:
Subject: [morganowners] Line Cutters (quicKutter from AU.)-
Another Possiblity?
Karl:
I agree with John and have followed the links but have not been able to
find a US Distributor. Perhaps if enough were interested, we could
organize a group buy... I'd be in for one
ap s/v Pelican
Scheel-Morgan 462 #077 Gig Harbor, WA
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: Morgan;
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:29 AM
Subject: [morganowners] Line Cutters (quicKutter from AU.)-Another
Possiblity
hi Karl. Thanks for another smart suggestion!

Please pass on to us/ Morganowners list anything you learn
a- Pros/ Cons heard from users of these "quicKutters" from Au. mfgr.,
b- approx. prices & if they must be purchased directly from Australia,
or who are qualified dealers in USA?,
c- how these compare to the other types of rope cutters.

With the several hassles we've had with crab pots, I'm fairly interesed
--if these really do work & aren't too costly. From some Goggle
trials, I've not found yet who on East Coast USA should be contacted.
We are going to Florida (Daytona Beach area) Mar. 25- April 2 and I'd
like to find any dealers or users near there.
Again, Karl- your insights are valuable! good sailing, John Reeves
Va. M-28
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Karl Burton wrote:
Speaking of line cutters, having had my own encounter of that kind last
year, I was looking around and found this thing. The operating principle
seems to me to be much simpler, less intrusive, and probably more robust
that the other types.

http://www.quickutter.com/


Also been looking for a cutter for our 43ft Roberts.

Noticed somewhere on Web that quickutter is being used by RMLI on a
swag of new Tamar class lifeboats. If they like it, it must have a
few advantages.

Am going t look into it more - will let you know what we find out

"quicKutter" from Australia- cut ropes tangled @ prop?
 

Obviously there's a market for these, or it wouldn't exist, but...

The guy was kind enough to call me and another in the Morgan group,
direct - from across the world! - after we submitted our info on his
web form.

In the end, at least with my setup, to attempt using his product was
terribly convoluted. He started by saying that it wouldn't work at all
(that was based on his view of our prop and shaft way out as we were
servicing it and not connected to the tranny), then, on review with it
in position, sent a couple of drawings for a workaround.

This is, to try to simplify it, a cutter like you'd have on a lathe,
but oriented parallel to the moving surface. The technical challenge,
and the reason he calls you, is to make sure the cutter is parallel to
the moving surface, a small barrel construction which goes on the
shaft, and that there's enough room (the barrel is a non-trivial
length).

I get the impression that these are custom made - each one unique -
from the conversation and followup communications.

For ourselves, the reason - aside from that this looked like it was
going to be a very long time in development - that we passed on it and
the other two products requiring the same is that I'm very loathe to
drill into our strut.

This and the other two - spurs, and the similar with teeth rather than
just a sickle-shaped cutter - all require mounting something on the
strut. If it doesn't bother you, somthing which shears is to my mind a
good thing, and was where I was headed until I followed up on the prop
protector.

Despite what you may think from reading other of my posts, I like
simple, and, in particular, limited failure modes induced on use. This
particular product just looked like too many chances to screw up for
us.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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