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Old 06-12-2004   #7 (permalink)
Greyhead
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I was thinking of doing another tutorial for Non-Serrated Rib Tapes but as this one has developed I’ll just add this here!

The way to do it is to fit a row of panel pins spaced at the distance between “stitches” along opposite sides a piece of wood. Put a sheet of paper between the pins; thread thin cotton from pin 1 one side to pin 1 opposite side, down to pin 2 and back to pin 2 on the original side on so on. Give the lot a coat of dope to fix the cotton to the paper, when dry turn the paper over and give it a coat of Balsaloc. Cut the paper into strips the width of the “stitches” and fix to the rib positions, then add your frayed rib tape over the top of the "stitches".
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