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strydz
strydz
QLD
136 posts
strydz strydz
QLD, 136 posts
8 Jul 2016 3:28pm
Does anyone have any tips for making lines all exactly the same length when make up your own lines ?
With the few sets I've made up, I can get them all with in 10mm of each other but not all exact.
Adam'KiteRepair
Adam'KiteRepair
NSW
331 posts
Adam'KiteRepair Adam'KiteRepair
NSW, 331 posts
8 Jul 2016 3:42pm
practice
sorry mate. thats the blunt of it. try stretching them out while useing thier sag to guage eveness then marking with a texta
Adam'KiteRepair
Adam'KiteRepair
NSW
331 posts
Adam'KiteRepair Adam'KiteRepair
NSW, 331 posts
8 Jul 2016 3:43pm
you might save alot of stress if you splice up some adjustable pigtails. or buy some
strydz
strydz
QLD
136 posts
strydz strydz
QLD, 136 posts
8 Jul 2016 4:38pm
Ok thanks. Yeah, I have been using pig tails to get it right. I've just made up a jig with a scale to put each line under the same tension before marking it, it's got it close but not 100% right yet
Lambie
Lambie
QLD
742 posts
Lambie Lambie
QLD, 742 posts
8 Jul 2016 6:35pm
I'm looking to make up some new front lines to replace existing ones that are shagged (pig tails are shreaded) - Strydz how are you doing your pigtails? And I hear your grief about getting lines the same length - so - if I cant be stuffed trying to make them myself - who in the kiting community is good and cost effective??
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
Gorgo Gorgo
VIC, 5124 posts
8 Jul 2016 8:09pm
How are you making the lines? You should be able to get exactly the same length by splicing. Simply make and sew one line then make the other to match. You have to set the length under load. 5-10 kg is ample.
Hardcarve1
Hardcarve1
QLD
550 posts
Hardcarve1 Hardcarve1
QLD, 550 posts
8 Jul 2016 8:17pm
Buy 500 feet rolls of Qpower line and you can do knots with no sheathing. Still have lines in use I built back in 2003.
lortap
lortap
WA
57 posts
lortap lortap
WA, 57 posts
9 Jul 2016 7:31pm
Tie em to a tree and stretch them. You can easily get 50mm from stretching.
Adam'KiteRepair
Adam'KiteRepair
NSW
331 posts
Adam'KiteRepair Adam'KiteRepair
NSW, 331 posts
11 Jul 2016 2:31pm
Hey lambi. mate heaps cheaper to but a set of adjustable pigtails then get one of us to make em. I make my own because my buisness gives me time. but there is no way i could sell them for what it takes to make em. Best advise. Buy some dyneema line, make yourself a splice ang google. splicing is fun anyway
ColoColo
ColoColo
QLD
130 posts
ColoColo ColoColo
QLD, 130 posts
11 Jul 2016 3:41pm
lortap said..
Tie em to a tree and stretch them. You can easily get 50mm from stretching.


Yeah stretching my line in the middle a bit at a time gives me around 1cm each night, especially when the web cams are on.

richswing
richswing
WA
724 posts
richswing richswing
WA, 724 posts
16 Jul 2016 9:03am
Make them out of Q lines, you can tie them off without sowing.

Make loops on one end, secure all lines, stretch them out and mark them off. Tie them off at your marking and they should be bang on the same.
Smithy
Smithy
VIC
859 posts
Smithy Smithy
VIC, 859 posts
16 Jul 2016 1:44pm
There seems to be conflicting opinions on knots in lines even Q-line with suggestions from bench tests it will halve the breaking tension... a lot of breaks I have seen over the years have been at knots that people have missed in their lines so not sure I would be intentionally adding any...
kernal
kernal
WA
541 posts
kernal kernal
WA, 541 posts
17 Jul 2016 6:24am
Smithy said...
There seems to be conflicting opinions on knots in lines even Q-line with suggestions from bench tests it will halve the breaking tension... a lot of breaks I have seen over the years have been at knots that people have missed in their lines so not sure I would be intentionally adding any...


Wheres the conflict? That is common knowledge

Think what he was saying was the breaking strain is double kite lines so no need to worry about the knots....
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