Re: (unknown)

From: David Dodge <dannysoar_at_att.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:56:53 -0500

Hi Marty-
I have found that a tiny bit of Cya between the tails does the trick.
Just dont get any on the loop side. I have yet to find out why i am the
only person doing this :-)
danny soar


Marty Sasaki wrote:

>From: Marty Sasaki <marty_at_mss.tzo.com>
>To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
>CC: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
>In-reply-to: <20061227.114848.3524.7.lcordes_at_juno.com> (message from LeRoy C
> Cordes on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:12:31 -0600)
>Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] rubber length
>References: <20061227.114848.3524.7.lcordes_at_juno.com>
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>I have had problems with the ends being too short and the knot coming
>undone, especially with larger (f1m, PP) motors. I have found that
>slowly pulling the knot really tight before clipping off othe extra
>knot works the best. I wet the rubber with saliva as I am tieing.
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>I've had times where the double overhand knot wouldn't hold even with
>long "tails". This more often happens with larger rubber. I don't know
>why this happens but it seems to happen with really high humidity. The
>only thing that I can do in this case is to tie a different knot. I'll
>try to find a description of the net somewhere. The knot was taught to
>me by Lincoln Ross and it's sort of like a fisherman's dropper
>loop. It's the only knot that I've found that will hold in these
>conditions.
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>It uses up a lot of rubber though, or at least it seems like it does,
>which is the reason that I don't use it all of the time.
>
> Marty Sasaki
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