Colorado's Newest Rigger

[crazydiver 0]

Travis is now a senior parachute rigger! I'm startin to build up my tool kit and skill set. Any words of wisdom for me?

Cheers,
Travis

[mjosparky 4]

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Travis is now a senior parachute rigger! I'm startin to build up my tool kit and skill set. Any words of wisdom for me?

Congratulations! Thats awesome.

Words of wisdom:

Try and reduce the size of your tool kit. (Less is better)

Never stop learning. (more is better)

Always remember what it is you are doing.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[KevinMcGuire 0]

You will be judged by the work you do. It is the only reference other riggers will have to go from when they open your work and form an opinion about you. If your work sucks, you suck.
Always strive to develop your skills to the point that your work is immaculate. When sewing, attempt the invisible repair. In other words try to make all repairs so clean and precise that no one can even tell the repair was done or that it looks like the manufacture did it. It is not always possible, but if you approach every job that way your work will kick ass.
Learn from every one. Even the idiots cause remember
No man is completely worthless for they can always serve as a bad example.

Good luck

[masterrig 1]

Congratulations! I wish you all the best.


Chuck

[riggerrob 643]

KISS

Keep
It
Simple
Skydiver

Hit up Jump Shack for a free "ghost loop." They are Cypres-compatible and make Pop-Top packing sensible and logical. To keep tool count within your number of fingers and toes, finger-trap a couple of Cypres pull-up cords onto your ghost loop.

Sew a strip of pile Velcro onto you Cypres temporary pin to protect lines when you shove them into the line stow pocket. Sewing the two tools together reduces your tool count

Another way to keep things simple is to slide an old B-12 Snap onto your molar strap, replacing expensive and cumbersome "positive leverage devices."

For easier finger-trapping, make your own finger-trapping wires. Ten thou (Cypres cord), 32 thou (most Spectra suspension lines) and 40 thou (fat Dacron steering lines) safety wire can be had for free from your friendly neighborhood aircraft mechanic.

Not much point in buying bromocreasol green as all those acid-mesh round reserves are rapidly approaching the 20-year point, when you can gracefully refuse to repack them.

For hand-tacking, buy a few "manly" 9 inch long upholstry needles, aka mattress needles or rib stitching needles..

[JerryBaumchen 1,451]

From personal experience (next month will be the 40th anniversary of my becoming a rigger):

1. Never think you know everything; in fact, accept that you know little.

2. Never do any work for free. You are a professional and should be paid for your services.

My best wishes to you.

[riggermick 7]

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Travis is now a senior parachute rigger! I'm startin to build up my tool kit and skill set. Any words of wisdom for me?

Congratulations! Thats awesome.

Words of wisdom:

Try and reduce the size of your tool kit. (Less is better)

Never stop learning. (more is better)

Always remember what it is you are doing.

Sparky

Toooooo true!

Mick.

[riggermick 7]

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Travis is now a senior parachute rigger! I'm startin to build up my tool kit and skill set. Any words of wisdom for me?

As soon as possible obtain a job at a manufacturer's facility. You will learn more in a month than you will in ten years the traditional way. But, and I stress "but" still keep up "general rigging" on the side, that's how you will learn the bulk of the crap that we (experienced riggers) know and apply every day. Congrats, well done grass hopper.


Mick.