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[Hedgewarden]

Guru4tru, on 29 January 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

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It took 4 knots (2 at each end) in the black sleeves to bring them to the same length as the white ones before I streached them...they weren't streached either.

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Keep It Up!
Duane

Just a quick note. I always untie and retie when adjusting lines. That keeps the ends a bit neater, and the loops equal. Most line sets I've bought (mostly coming with a kite), and all that I make, the end of the spectra is melted to form a little ball just protruding from the sleeving. Easy to pull the lines up equal that way, retie the knots, clip off the excess, and remelt the new end.

Maybe I'm just more compulsive.

BTW, as I understand it, somewhere during the process of sealing line sets, the Above It All kite shop in Long Beach burned down - so be careful, or at least not as careless as one former-employee.

(Correction, they did not burn "down", but burned out last year. They are now back in the refurbished store.)

[Guru4tru]

Hedgewarden, on 30 January 2010 - 09:00 PM, said:

Guru4tru, on 29 January 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

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It took 4 knots (2 at each end) in the black sleeves to bring them to the same length as the white ones before I streached them...they weren't streached either.

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Keep It Up!
Duane

Just a quick note. I always untie and retie when adjusting lines. That keeps the ends a bit neater, and the loops equal. Most line sets I've bought (mostly coming with a kite), and all that I make, the end of the spectra is melted to form a little ball just protruding from the sleeving. Easy to pull the lines up equal that way, retie the knots, clip off the excess, and remelt the new end.

Maybe I'm just more compulsive.

BTW, as I understand it, somewhere during the process of sealing line sets, the Above It All kite shop in Long Beach burned down - so be careful, or at least not as careless as one former-employee.

(Correction, they did not burn "down", but burned out last year. They are now back in the refurbished store.)

Hi Howard,

That's funny...I looked at the knots that were already there and thought...tying 4 more knots in each leader is a lot simpler that "untying" and "adjusting" things "right"...and I bought off on the "easier softer way". But come this summer....when I'm hiding from the heat...and you are "flying high"...I'm going to do that!!

Keep It Up!
Duane

[Baloo]

[John Barresi]

To the best of my knowledge, LaserPro does NOT provide tied line sets any longer...

Any discrepancies you may run into would come down to the store or distributor that tied them.

One other shop who specializes in both spools and tied line sets that I didn't see mentioned is The Kite Shoppe.

[Spence Watson]

Kitelife, on 10 February 2010 - 01:55 PM, said:

To the best of my knowledge, LaserPro does NOT provide tied line sets any longer...

Any discrepancies you may run into would come down to the store or distributor that tied them.

One other shop who specializes in both spools and tied line sets that I didn't see mentioned is The Kite Shoppe.

Yes, it all comes down to the person that tied them. All of the line sets that I have I either made myself, or were made by Theresa at The Kite Shoppe.

[Guru4tru]

Thanks Watty,

Yeah...the best kite shops I've dealt with so far are:
The Kite Shoppe, A Wind of Change, The Kite Connection, Wind Power Sport, Midwest Kites, and The Great Canadian Kite Company>>(A great kite shop, but not advertizing presently with Kitelife).

There might be other great shops out there too that I haven't worked with yet, but all these are really great and have gone out of their way to insure everything I need is there (and they have all taken the time to help me understand what I'm doing and what I need---like no stupid questions, sort of thing).
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And for any newbies out there...one of the best things I ever did (without being aware of it at the time) was I joined the AKA (American Kitefliers Association) because all of these shops give a discount to AKA members...which saved me a hell of a lot more money then the membership dues!!

Keep It Up!
Duane