hand tied flies....ha

Fly Patterns
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not any more!

this damn thing ties a soft loop better than i can! :smiley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdsM9s5AeYc&feature=player_embedded#

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looks like very expensive hackle pliers. :slight_smile:

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As I watched this whole process, I kept thinking if only we could work with this and come up with some sort of prosthesis for disabled vets. How great that would be!

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I donā€™t think this device is going to be putting many professional fly tiers out of business any time soon. Itā€™s got a lot to learn. 8T :slight_smile:

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Captivating!

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That was pretty impressive. Controlling the tension to not break the peacock herl with the machine was what surprised me most. Iā€™ve broken enough of those when I can feel how much Iā€™m pulling on them. I canā€™t imagine the temptation to overdo things when you donā€™t have your hands on it.

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it could be a prothesis for any disabled person and with the right software could be made to operate with nothing more than head movement or thoughts. still itā€™s a very expensive hackle plier.

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That surgial device is wondrfull. that is the one that would allow a docter to reform a surgery from 10k miles aay if need be. the fly tied was a a 26 long shank if i remember properly. i read about this and watch this on discover a while ago

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Wow!!! Amazing. ā€œCome with me if you want to tieā€ lol

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Thanks Normand, but consider me unamazed. If it does surgery like it ties flies, Iā€™ll opt for the veterinarian. I always wondered why flies werenā€™t manufactured. Now I know. If we could just teach it the word ā€œsparseā€ā€¦ that tailā€™s a mess! (grin)

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It made me realize that human hands are truly amazing tying tools. They can tie a much better fly, much faster than a machine.

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The effort demonstrated here was great but it should not be called a ā€œrobotā€. It was a ā€œmanipulatorā€.
A robot is programmed to do specific repeatable actions. This manipulator made continuous attempts to correct errors as they occurred. This is not to discredit the system, itā€™s just to correct the engineering terminology. Congrats. to the engineering designer.

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Normand,

Pretty cool. Thanks for the link. While the finished product isnā€™t exactly elegant, Iā€™m not sure it isnā€™t better than the first fly I tied!

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That is very impressive.

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Normand;
I really liked the link, BUT how do they share fishing stories ???