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Still alive
...after a while with no updates. Last winter season working with research project, with some more participants to catch. Interim results...
mattiverkasalo
Jan 25, 20231 min read
 
 
 
VSSW virtual meeting
Very interesting, but seems that either the system or my skills in zoom+webinar need improvement.
mattiverkasalo
Oct 6, 20201 min read
 
 
 
User instructions in YouTube
https://youtu.be/2p2AOun4muk
mattiverkasalo
Sep 26, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Heureka!
The tiny 25 mm tubular vial plus a 3-d printed vial holder seem to work and finally make he Clinopole a real DIY thing! The vial is put...
mattiverkasalo
Sep 26, 20201 min read
 
 
 
Fixing the vial
Trying to find a better way to fix the level vial on the pole. Epoxy works fine, but is too time-consuming for the average upgrader. A...
mattiverkasalo
May 17, 20201 min read
 
 
 
Back to epoxy glue
Sanding the groove on the bottom of my vial for the horizontal pole of the BD Compactors, I realized the difference between two-component...
mattiverkasalo
Feb 22, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Compactors got the tape
Just got a sheet of tape scales for z-flex poles. It only took me an hour to get the tape on a Compactor pole, even though I had to paint...
mattiverkasalo
Feb 8, 20201 min read
 
 
 
New approach, hopeful!!
After one not-so-good experience with z-folding poles I have now got me a pair of BD Compactor poles. I will try to use a tape with...
mattiverkasalo
Dec 12, 20191 min read
 
 
 
Skredkonferansen in Voss, Norway
I was excited to come to the Number One Nordic meeting of avalanche sciences - of course mainly with Norwegian presentations because...
mattiverkasalo
Nov 5, 20191 min read
 
 
 


Some thinking done
Nothing revolutionary... but this winter season has taught something about Clinopoles anyway: -I do need hardier paints for my flick-lock...
mattiverkasalo
Mar 7, 20191 min read
 
 
 
Thinking time
Actually I have realized that only the most avid DIY person with most of the tools and a workspace readily available would be likely to...
mattiverkasalo
Nov 12, 20181 min read
 
 
 


ISSW 2018 Innsbruck, Austria
First-timer in this prestigious biannual get-together of world top snow scientists. Wow! This is a week of presentations which mostly go...
mattiverkasalo
Oct 9, 20181 min read
 
 
 
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