Haven't updated in a few days,
This past Friday a gentleman on another board messaged me with an offer on his SkyBurner Aura SUL kite. After some brief discussion with him and talking about shipping (seller is from Australia), I purchased it from him. I couldn't pass up the price. Should have it next week sometime. I'll post an update when I get my handes on it!
Down in the Kite Dungeon I simply place finish nails into the plywood kite work table. I layout the dimensions with ruler & pencil then tap the nails into the wood just enough to hold firm. Later, when I am finished, I simply pull the nail out until needed again. I may leave small penciled notes for future reference or erase the marks if I decide they did not produce desired results. Mostly I work in inches but keep metric rulers handy if I am working in centimeters. It is also a good idea to check kite bridles for symmetry when you have them on the kite table. SHBKF
here's the kite table with a kite awaiting bridle repair
Reviewing this thread made me think, so I took some Excedrin for the pain.
Seriously though, when doing a catch and throw, it may be possible to make the throw an axel in itself. Has anyone here tried it? And with one spin in the right direction put into the lines before the throw, the axel would also unwind the lines.
Not wanting to hijack the other thread I thought I share a little bit of insight into my Jigboards.
Here's about as much as I'm willing to share. Every mark on this board is for a reason.. I also have a reference chart (covered) for all sizes of bridles I use as well as some critical marks for my Symphony bridles when I make those. and triangle charts for bowtie panel sizes.. Keeps me from having to reinvent the wheel every time I sew, sleeve or knot. I can tie, and also also do all my bridle measurements without the need for a ruler.
I also have a separate jig board. (still experimental) to tie French bridles from a single piece of line. There is a bit of doubling on those but still it was a personal challenge to do so.
So these two boards are used to create:
72" Bridles
83" Bridles
93" Bridles
97" Bridles
LE Sleeve
Sleeving Segments
2.2.4 Backsplice Marks
Bowtie panels for all sizes so far
Winder Templates
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Hi guys!
My name is Charles and I'm from Seattle. I started flying kites 2 years ago when I met a Prism Kites employee at my wife's 20 year high school reunion. He introduced me to the quantum model and I've been hooked since.
In July of this year, I took the plunge into the dark side when I purchased my first quad kite which was a Rev EXP.
Hoping to get into slack line tricks soon with my dual lines and get more precision with my quad lines.
Cheers!