Zipperstop also sells custom lengths. Hawk-eye could you please give us a tuorial on making a seperating zipper from coil stock? Thought they needed a special end or something. Maybe its a two way seperating I'm thinking of.
Zipperstop also sells custom lengths. Hawk-eye could you please give us a tuorial on making a seperating zipper from coil stock? Thought they needed a special end or something. Maybe its a two way seperating I'm thinking of.
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You leave one side of the zipper tape longer than the other. Install the slider and the crimp the end coils on the long end. The slider moves off the short end but does not fall off because of the crimp. At that point you reinsert the other side of the tape as you did on the original installation. It is a bit of a pain and if the short coil ends gets damaged you will need to cut it off. But it works.
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I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
WARNING: Will discuss Rhurbarb Strawberry Pie and Livermush at random.
"A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner.
Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." ... B.Franklin
Home of the Gorge Rats: Linville Gorge
My Videos YouTube Channel
Photo collections Flickr Photostream
Gorge Rat Productions On FaceBook
One other thing ... here's a great set of "zipper tips" from Quest
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"A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner.
Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." ... B.Franklin
Home of the Gorge Rats: Linville Gorge
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Thanks everyone for the awesome suggestions. Dutch, thanks for the offer, but I think if I go with a white zipper I am going to get the 264" #5 I linked to above.
Gargoyle, I was already planning on sewing in a foot or so of fabric on the ends to bring the zipper away from the gathered end. However, I hadn't thought of the velcro idea, I love it! I think that is going to be the plan, zip entry on either side (probably using a sleeping bag sized zipper) and velcro at the ends to remove.
Gonna be time for a fabric buy soon.....
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