I Fixed the Wiser Ridge Warden

[mthayr]

Believe it or not, everything you need is in that parts list, but this is what I'll do; I sent DMs to the first four folks who reached out previously after I had already sold what I had. I'll give them 24 hours to respond before moving on to the next person on the list. Once I've sold the additional knobs I purchased, I'll put together a list of URLs so someone else can build some and sell their extras to the masses, and so on.

 

[mthayr]

As promised, see post #19

 

[brucemt]

Thanks for making this easy.

 

[DB29]

As promised, see post #19

Does this make it so you can quickly lock the head? I went with the nighthawk because you couldn’t quickly lock the warden in the field.

 

[mthayr]

Does this make it so you can quickly lock the head? I went with the nighthawk because you couldn’t quickly lock the warden in the field.

Yes, you can tighten it as far as there is room, then pull out the lever (its spring loaded), re-index it so you have more room, then tighten some more. No more trying to figure out the "optimal" orientation of the hex-head bolt and living with whatever tension that leaves you.

 

[Firehawk]

Parts ordered! Thank you for your detailed parts list and instructions. Really appreciate it.

 

[passinggas33]

What arca adapter have you put on this head for the quick release? That looks slick.

 

[mthayr]

Its an Aziak, and its actually a few grams lighter than the Wiser clamp.

Only problem was that the orientation of the slot that the ball-neck goes in was the wrong direction, so I had to "fix" that too. I would say go check out the review I left it on Aziak's page (with pictures) but I just checked and it seems they didn't like the one star I took off (4/5) and so they deleted my review...

Here's the "fix":


My review suggested that the clamp would be more adaptable if they made that slot a "+" instead of a "-". I guess they didn't like my suggestion.