FlaggerCentral | Steven | Activity http://www.flaggercentral.com/members/samurai1974/activity/feed Steven - Activity Feed Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.2.1 en http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4122 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4122 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:14:55 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: No problem, I've obviously not checked back in a while either...lol.  I picked up some better fans in Chinatown last time I was in Toronto, and I'll see how those work out.  I also think I need to use lighter fabric.

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4115 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4115 Wed, 26 May 2010 05:10:50 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: How do you get a stiff leading edge?  (insert baaaad sexual joke here)
But no, really, I have about 5" of fabric past the edge of my outer spine.  Am I just not using a fan that's long enough?

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/articles/creation/how-to-sew-flags/#comment-29 <![CDATA[Steven commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/articles/creation/how-to-sew-flags/#comment-29 Thu, 20 May 2010 05:24:16 +0000 Steven commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags This is excellent, thanks! I might make a set this weekend. Now if someone had something like this for making fans.... I would be *really* excited!

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4114 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4114 Sun, 09 May 2010 02:32:21 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: I've discovered over time that when I'm trying to figure something out for myself, I tend to make things WAAAAY more complicated than I really need to...lol.  What you've posted here makes much more sense!  It also removes the nasty business of trying to pass a needle through some very sticky tape (thereby also removing the [...]

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4112 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4112 Sun, 02 May 2010 15:52:28 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: This is as far as I got.  I had steps beyond #9 for The Covering, but those didn't work out, so I removed them.  If either of you (or anyone else) has close-up pictures of your fan-building process, or pictures of completed fans, I would love to see them.  I've hunted through the internet, and you'd [...]

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4111 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-4111 Sun, 02 May 2010 15:44:20 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: Hahaha, the ribs were the one thing I *did* remember from my conversation with Brent years ago.  Now it's just getting them attached to the fabric.  I've found a preference for sewing them on (mostly because I just can't wrap my head around how glue or tape will hold under the centrifugal forces) although early attempts [...]

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-408 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-408 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:28:00 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: Oh, one more thing I forgot:  One ply of fabric, or two?  As in, are the spines sandwiched between two layers of cloth, or just stuck onto one?

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-407 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-407 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:26:07 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: Thanks for the reply Gary!  I was starting to think no one was listening...lol.  So.... you just glue them on?  No sewing, extending the spines with filament tape, etc etc etc?  (Of course, I go for the hardest possible route every time, never thought of using "just glue"...)  So, if it's glue, which kind?

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-397 <![CDATA[Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/#post-397 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:40:27 +0000 Steven posted on the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: Well, its been awhile with no responses.  So, I'm in the process of muddling through it myself, and documenting steps along the way.  If everything turns out in working order, I will be publishing my instructions here for anyone who cares to read it.

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/activity/p/2825/ <![CDATA[Steven joined the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/activity/p/2825/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:38:06 +0000 Steven joined the group Flagging Forum

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/ <![CDATA[Steven started the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/groups/forum/forum/topic/fan-design/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:38:06 +0000 Steven started the forum topic Fan Design in the group Flagging Forum: Hello Everyone!  I'm in the process of building a set of fans from a very old set of memories.  Ok, it's only been 8 years, but I wasn't entirely sober at the time when I got a crash course from a couple great guys in a Toronto club about how to build fans.  The guys names [...]

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]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/activity/p/2794/ <![CDATA[Steven became a registered member]]> http://www.flaggercentral.com/activity/p/2794/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:40:12 +0000 Steven became a registered member

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