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Re: Patiently waiting for Joe Greenley....
By:Jim Owens
Date: 10/30/2001, 4:11 pm
In Response To: Patiently waiting for Joe Greenley.... (Ross Leidy)

That's probably the trick that Ray Irons showed me at R2K1: using SuperGlue to attach the ends of bungie cords to each other. I tried it last night, and it works great (so far). Tape the cord (black duct tape works well), use a CutzAll to get a clean cut, put a dab of glue on one end (get the glue that works on rubber) line them up and shove them carefully together. Ray then hid the joint within the web padeye on his boats. You could just use black tape to cover the joint and it would still look clean.

Ray claims the glue joints hold pretty well -- I gave my joints a good tug (I'm using this set-up for my spare paddle strap) but I'm not sure I want to trust my rear deck figure eight to the glue. I've used a water knot for that (that's the climber's term that Nick's diagram illustrates.

Jim

Messages In This Thread

Knotless bungie?
Matthew -- 10/29/2001, 9:31 am
Patiently waiting for Joe Greenley....
Ross Leidy -- 10/30/2001, 10:35 am
Re: Patiently waiting ..... No More! *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 10/30/2001, 7:12 pm
Re: Thanks Joe! Very cool! *NM*
Ross Leidy -- 10/31/2001, 9:45 am
Thanks Mr. G, when are you going to write a book? *NM*
Matthew -- 11/1/2001, 8:18 pm
Re: soft padeye?
daren neufeld -- 10/30/2001, 8:59 pm
Re: soft padeye?
addison -- 10/31/2001, 8:23 am
worth the wait
mike allen ---> -- 10/30/2001, 8:56 pm
Re: Patiently waiting for Joe Greenley....
Jim Owens -- 10/30/2001, 4:11 pm
Re: Patiently waiting for Joe Greenley....
Ray Port Angeles -- 10/31/2001, 11:30 am
Re: Patiently waiting for Ray Irons... :)
Shawn Baker -- 10/30/2001, 6:41 pm
That was it! Glad you were paying attention :) *NM*
Bill Price -- 10/30/2001, 6:45 pm
Re: It comes and goes!! *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 10/30/2001, 7:06 pm
i wonder
mike allen ---> -- 10/30/2001, 2:33 pm
Re: i wonder
Bill Price -- 10/30/2001, 6:42 pm
Re: I've tried
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/30/2001, 3:19 pm
Re: I've tried
Shawn Baker -- 10/30/2001, 6:54 pm
or this?
mike allen ---> -- 10/30/2001, 4:13 pm
Re: Knotless bungie?
LeeG -- 10/29/2001, 7:57 pm
That's a fisherman's knot.
Brian Nystrom -- 10/30/2001, 12:34 pm
Nope, similar but different it hink
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/30/2001, 9:15 pm
Re: Nope, similar but different it hink
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2001, 12:10 pm
Water Knot *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/30/2001, 8:56 am
Re: Knotless bungie?
Larry C. -- 10/29/2001, 5:43 pm
Re: Knotless bungie?
Dave E -- 10/29/2001, 1:45 pm
Re: Knotless bungie?
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 10/29/2001, 2:35 pm
Re: Knotless bungie? *Pic*
Jon Limebrook -- 10/29/2001, 11:45 am
Re: Knotless bungie?
Don Beale -- 10/29/2001, 4:15 pm
Re: Knotless bungie?
Wayne G. -- 10/29/2001, 12:40 pm