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Progcraft · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject:

Put double sided tape onto one washer:

Trim it:

Peel the backer off and stick the other washer onto it:

Put tape onto the spacer washer and trim it:

Stick the stack onto the space and trim the excess tape.

Make a variety of them.

kiteguy · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject:

Yep, that should do the trick. Thanks for sharing.
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Kitesquid · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject:

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stan · Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 544 Location: San Diego

Sliding glass door wheels might also work. They are grooved to follow a rib in the track. They come in steel or delrin with or without ball bearings at Home Depot. Screen door wheels are smaller.

Stan

facemaker · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Burbank, Ca.

With regards to the Teflon wheel method of hot cutting Ripstop. Rolling Eyes

In theory this looks & seems like a great trick. However Laughing

after going though the trouble of making several sizes on my lathe & giving them a try,
I put them away in the back of my rejected gadget drawer. Unless you use very heavy weights at every corner of a pattern I found the pattern still slides around on the fabric while trying to hold your iron inside the wheel & roll it around the edge. There's just too much going on at once here. Try making you patterns on a medium or light weight matt or craft board that can easily be cut with sturdy pair of scissors. Add your seem allowence to your pattern before cutting & you're all set. The soldering Iron never gets hot enough to damage the cardboard yet hot cuts the fabric just fine. I do use a glass top table too. I cut very detailed, multiple panaled sails in this manner with no problems at all. I made all of my first "Spirits" over 20 in this manner & my patterns are still intact. If they get "beat up" simply retrace them & cut out new ones. This is soooooo much easier than the Teflon wheel method.
Good Luck, Steve L. Smile

Kitesquid · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 7:39 am Post subject:

Steve,

Welcome to the greatest kite building fourm on the planet!!!!!

Your input is greatly apperciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

kitepoor · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:16 am Post subject:

could you use the bronze bushings, or thrust bearings from the little boxes above the nuts and bolts at the hardware store?
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Kitesquid · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

Sure....
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AKA Harold
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P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

marty · Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 128 Location: Arlington, MA USA

Use a bit of rubbery material or something else on the surface of a template to hold things in place. You don't need a lot of weight.
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