Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 19:28:41 -1000 From: rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) Message-Id: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services Subject: Re: Kite Bag Strings hlee@anes.hmc.psu.edu wrote: : Hey folks! : Are you familiar with those "line keeper" things? They look like a : small barrel, 1/2 inch in diameter, maybe an inch long, with a spring : inside. [description deleted] : bargain and timesaver! Anybody else use these? I use cordlocks (what some catalogs call those thingamabobs) for bags that hold non-narrow diameter items, like drogues, tails and soccerballs. I'm always worried that the cordlock won't close the opening tight enough to keep spars from falling out (ok, so you wrap the spars in the sail....). Anyway, for kite bags I put klettband (velcro) at the top, sometimes even adding little tabs of ribbon, extending above the bag edge, to make it easy to pull the velcro apart. Neither a bargain nor a timesaver :-) Anne -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * | * * Anne Rock | * * rock@netcom.com | * * | * * | * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 07:19:51 -1000 From: pwmeek@garnet.msen.com (Peter W. Meek) Message-Id: <2k08vn$aok@nigel.msen.com> Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI (account info: +1 313 998-4562) Subject: Re: Kite Bag Strings Anne Rock (rock@netcom.com) wrote: : I use cordlocks (what some catalogs call those thingamabobs) for bags that : hold non-narrow diameter items, like drogues, tails and soccerballs. I'm : always worried that the cordlock won't close the opening tight enough to : keep spars from falling out (ok, so you wrap the spars in the sail....). -- If you always make your bags a few inches longer than the kite, you can fold the end of the bag over and draw up the fastening (tie or velcro) around the main body of the bag. This will keep any spars from getting out through the neck of the bag. --Pete The best navigators are not always certain of where they are, but they are always aware of their uncertainty. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 14:52:26 -1000 From: johnsen@eskimo.com (Brian Johnsen) Message-Id: Organization: Captain Pugets Roadside Taco Stand Subject: Re: Kite Bag Strings In article <2D5FF238@anes.hmc.psu.edu>, wrote: > Are you familiar with those "line keeper" things? They look like a small [ ] >bargain and timesaver! Anybody else use these? > Harold Lee Hershey, PA Yeah I've got these on all my rev bags (they all come with string closures). I got mine for about the same price $0.25 at Recreational Equiptment Coop (REI) in the backpack spare parts bin. However, when I make my own kite bags I take a cue from the Prism people. cut one side of the bag 1-1/2 to 2 inches longer, sew the side seam and pull the bag right side out. Fold the long side over the shorter side and sew both sides down, forming a pocket over the open end of the bag. Fold the pocket back to open the bag, fold it the other way and the bag is closed. Nothin is gonna fall out a-tall. -- Jury Acquit Notorious Meat Cleaver Murderer From Renton -- Tintype At 11 -- Brian Johnsen johnsen@eskimo.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =