anyone who uses trad poles knows the locking cones are a pain in the arse! whoever thought them up needs a damn good kicking! anyhow i came up with a quick way to lock and unlock the pole [at full extent is where i want it] by drilling right thru at the required point and using a spring type Rclip . i then engraved the alignment marks and Voila i can have my poles up n down in half the time than usual, cone is left loose.
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How is that adjustable? Do you drill every 3" or so?
its just for setting it at the max. extent a speedy lock/unlock solution - this is the setting where i mostly use my poles 99% of the time . if i wanted it lower i could still use the locking cone
haha i have a really old painting pole that uses that system. holes every foot.
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bet its quicker than these “new fangled” pole locking cones
Humm, I got a year out of the unger optilocs but when they started slipping you could by new locks and collars for them for pretty cheap.
But I just figured each pole produced a ton of work so at the year mark I just planned on replacing the entire pole. I like the collars a LOT better than the interlocks.
