Messages posted by : tino_11
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Far cheaper and more accurate:
Making a Clinometer The following items are needed to make a simple clinometer : Protractor : The plastic type found in drawing sets and used by Maths departments are fine, but larger ones can be easier to read. Narrow tube : A thin tube such as the body of a ballpoint pen. This will be the 'sight' mounted on the protractor. String or thread : About 30cm ( 1 foot) of thin but Strong string. Weight : Anything small and heavy which can be attached to one end of the string to keep it taught, such as a metal nut or fishing weight. Glue or sticking tape : To assemble your clinometer. Glue must NOT dissolve in water ! Method 1. Glue or tape one end of the string firmly to the center of the protractor where all the lines meet. This will be half way along its flat base. Make sure that the string can hang down freely when the protractor is held with the flat side at the top. 2. Attach (glue or tape) the 'sight' tube along the straight edge of the protractor. 3. Attach your weight to the free end of the string and check again that the string can move freely as you tilt the protractor up and down. That's all there is to it. You now have a clinometer which, hopefully, looks something like the one below. 
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I wanna do it!!
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I'm off to see Warren Miller's Children of Winter at the cinema tonight...
http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/ |
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Hintertux Glacier is 18km up the road, busses run all day. 130cm snow already, I am booked for the week before Christmas and I am not worried.
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Man you learn something new every day, I thought the golden rule was never eat yellow snow. |
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You know what I mean, heading off piste from Black 17.
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Yeah its very nice, was there in October already :) |
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I might even be tempted by that, prefer it if you were a 25 year old girl mind.
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