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Re: Shock Cord End Ideas
By:Scotty
Date: 1/14/2000, 2:12 am

>
> 2/Quick and dirty is to stretch the end betw some clamps or whatever, drip
> CA around the fabric, and cut off. The CA/fabric makes another compressed
> composite end cap.

> If they work, you get a compressed end covered w/ a composite cap, and no
> blob. Or maybe you could combine both - instead of cutting, use the hot
> knife approach - then maybe the cut end will retract inside the outer a
> tad and you get the benefits of 2 approaches w/ no blob?

> -ideas only

> -mick

Good ideas, as usual, -mick... one caution: I believe CAs are hygroscopic, (they suck- water, that is) and might fail in time. Can anyone confirm this? TNX, Scotty

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Re: Shock Cord End Ideas
Scotty -- 1/14/2000, 2:12 am