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ikky68
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stevef
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 Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: Tension Bead??? |
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I always use a threader! 
click on the image to jump to the catalog.
The line goes through the bead just like the picture:
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Mike
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Does this "x-ray" view help?
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KiteSquid
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I use the threadders too!!!!!!!!!!!
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kiteguy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Threaders are the way to go. I made one of my own, and it worked, sort of. Got some from Steve, and never looked back.
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Dorsal
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Threaders?
Go to Walmart, in the sporting goods department they carry (3) 12-inch long, 25# steel leader lines with swivels for about $2. Cut the swivels off both ends of one and you have a small diameter threader that will take all the beating you can give it. If it ever wear it out, use one of the 2 others you already have in the little package. 
Oh, Mike, thanks for the "X-ray" photo. I never did understand how the lines were supposed to go thru one of those things. 
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saF
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: |
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You can also get dental floss threaders which look exactly like the threaders Steve sells, at least from the pics. Something like BridgeAid Floss Threader:
Hope I am not giving out your secret Steve!
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ikky68
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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HI and thanks for the replies. I'm now using an old guitar string.
New question...
What is the proper thread path for this bead thingy?.?.?
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kiteguy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Look about 5 messages above for the "x-ray" view of the bead. 
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ikky68
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| kiteguy wrote: | | Look about 5 messages above for the "x-ray" view of the bead. |
I don't see a thing. I see the post, but not the 'x-ray'. |
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