greenBuddah Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 So, eventually I managed to shoot a video of me closing the RB 260. http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4585 The spread on this one is 2.75", the coil is insanely tight wound. I took my about 10 month before I first closed it, right now I am pretty consistant. Unfortunately I don't know how it's rated in comparession to a #3 (hope it's harder). If it was cleaned, this gripper would be a true beauty, but the brass handles are a bit slippery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoire Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Mine is a bout a 3.2, harder than my 3 easily. But .....grippers vary. Nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Nice close man! The RB260s are usually about the midrange #3 level, at least the ones I've closed have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Thanks, I also heart about an average 3.2 rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Nice gripper nice close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Yes, I cleaned and polished the bottom, to get the stamps visible. When the sun hits it, it shines as if it was gold, but if cleaned the brass will oxidize pretty fast + the skin and magnesia particles, so cleaning isn't worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKERICH Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 So, eventually I managed to shoot a video of me closing the RB 260.http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4585 The spread on this one is 2.75", the coil is insanely tight wound. I took my about 10 month before I first closed it, right now I am pretty consistant. Unfortunately I don't know how it's rated in comparession to a #3 (hope it's harder). If it was cleaned, this gripper would be a true beauty, but the brass handles are a bit slippery. Congrats on the great close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dax Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Wicked close man! I'm still short on my RB 210 and my 240 laughs at me. Dax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 nice it probably is harder than an average #3, from what ive read rb210's are usually 2.7-2.9, rb240s are usually 3.0-3.25, an rb260s are obviously harder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Thx, the 210 was also pretty hard. After I closed the #2 out of the package, it took 5 month for me to get the 210. I tried to measure my #2 and my 210, and if we take my #2 as a medium with 195 lbs, my 210 would be 248 lbs. I'd love to do this test with my 260 but the spring is wound that tight, it doesn't fit my device. Here's a video of a RB210 close. Sorry for the unpolished handle bottoms. http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4600 Tomorrow I will try to get a video of repping it. Here's also what I can do with the RB300. This one is unreal, the sweep is monstrous. http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Nice. Any plans to compete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Nice. Any plans to compete? Of course I'd like to, but the competitions are mostly in "the west" as you know, and I don't got a car nor do I have a drivers license, but maybe one of my buddies can drive me (and compete as well, he can almost close the RB130 ) next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Why do you think this is be a 2.6? How did you rate it? So I figured this out today. My father welded a seasoning tool, to foot stomp grippers. I used this and a scale where I stand on. I position one foot one the very end of the handle, the other on the scale. Then I close it, and look at the weight shown by the scale, which is reduced due to the amount of force I put into the gipper. After this I take the total weight difference, and divide it by the weight difference from another gripper (#2). Then I multiply the result with the poundage of a typical #2 (195 lbs) and subtract the poundage of the standard gripper (#2 --> 195 lbs). Now I got the difference in poundage between #2 and the compared gripper (e.g. 210). After this, I devide the poundage difference by 85 because to transform the units (hard to explain in english, if you got questions ask though). The last step is to add 2, and I got my gripper rated. Of course there are some problems like holding balance on the scale, and knowing when you must read the scale (not to early, not to late), etc.. so i wrote personally rated cause I can give no guarranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Nice close man! The RB260s are usually about the midrange #3 level, at least the ones I've closed have been. Now that's new to me RB 260s I've tested feel more like a BBGM to me, a bit easier than #3. Maybe it's because all four of my #3s are new, from 2005, and what I see as an average #3 is hard if compared to the earlier #3s. I'm fully aware that it might also be because RB-grippers vary the same as other grippers, but that would make them vary enormously, if the range is something like 2,8-3,2! But good job closing that anyway, I didn't write this post to take anything away from you greenBuddah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 niceit probably is harder than an average #3, from what ive read rb210's are usually 2.7-2.9, rb240s are usually 3.0-3.25, an rb260s are obviously harder Actually, it isn't that obvious. Every single grip guy in Finland who I have talked to and who own a line of RB grippers, say that their RB 260 is easier than #3 and their RB 240 is way harder than #3. I've noticed that myself, RB 240 I had a chance to try recently felt more like a BB Elite (significantly harder than #3)! So it seems to me like it's pretty messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Of course grippers vary, but if mine was easier than a #3 (what actually is a #3 ?), it's ok too. I'll get me a three in the next months I think, than I'll know, except the #3 I'm going to order is only a 2.9 or a 3.3, or some like this. Addition to my rating idea: of course it's a simplyfication to expect my #2 as a standard one with 195 lbs poundage, it becomes a "little" less relevant, because you first multiply and than subtract, so the mistake does not become to big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Of course grippers vary, but if mine was easier than a #3 (what actually is a #3 ?), it's ok too.I'll get me a three in the next months I think, than I'll know, except the #3 I'm going to order is only a 2.9 or a 3.3, or some like this. Addition to my rating idea: of course it's a simplyfication to expect my #2 as a standard one with 195 lbs poundage, it becomes a "little" less relevant, because you first multiply and than subtract, so the mistake does not become to big. Let the rest of us know when you know I'm thinking that there's a chance that Baraban send a whole batch of grippers to Finland that are incorrectly stamped...I don't know, but there aren't any more reasonable explanations to the phenomenon that I wrote about in my earlier post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroman Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Nice job! You mentioned how tightly wound the spring is. How do you measure that to compare to other grippers? How much variation is there in the tightness or looseness of the spring winding? I've never heard of this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 That's possible, not probable, but possible, because the RB210, 240, and 260 come all with the same wiresize, so when mounting the handles all of them would fit. They do only differ in coil size --> 210 has largest - 260 the smallest coil. But Idon't think this would happen often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryg Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I just watched the video, great close! What kind of music was that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Hi, aeroman here's a list of inner coil size (ics) and outer coil size (ocs) RB210 - ics 2.7cm, ocs 3.9cm IM #2 - ics 2.4cm, ocs 3.5cm RB260 - ics 2.1cm, ocs 3.3cm The values are approximated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenBuddah Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 gerry, it was what is called rap-music . I prefer this genre, so I chose it for my videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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