Flag Building tips

[marjorie dawes]

Sorry to answer this so late on. It's quite simple. In September, Boris tried reefer for the very first time. Now he's doing horse. It's June.

[bohica]

hey, stoopid flag-making n00b question here...

how heavy is too heavy for a flag to fly? some of the flags on here look well thin, whereas the material i've just bought is a bit heavier. it's not made of lead of anything, but it's not as light as silk... is it just gonna flop on the pole, or will pretty much anything fly if there's a wind?

(i know i'm been a bit vague, but i don't want to go through the hassle of dying, ironing on transfers, stenciling and stitching to find out i have to buy *special* flag fabric)

cheers

[Dog Burger]

hey, stoopid flag-making n00b question here...

how heavy is too heavy for a flag to fly? some of the flags on here look well thin, whereas the material i've just bought is a bit heavier. it's not made of lead of anything, but it's not as light as silk... is it just gonna flop on the pole, or will pretty much anything fly if there's a wind?

(i know i'm been a bit vague, but i don't want to go through the hassle of dying, ironing on transfers, stenciling and stitching to find out i have to buy *special* flag fabric)

cheers

[Player]

Here's how I Made Mine Last night. Thanks for the great png file! One plain flag off ebay £4.99, 15 brushes £1.99, 2 x acrylic paint pots £2.99.

1. Printed Image out to 30" high on work inkjet.

2. Laid flag over and traced with pencil:-

3. Removed Inkjet and painted:-

4. The finished article!

Check out the board:-

Will be proudly flying on my 6m flag pole

[ben_cosmia]

sorry paul, but i think this one wins

[halvin]

Good stuff, Player. Nice to see it being built up like that. I was going to take work-in-progress photos of my first flag but never got around to it.

How did you print the design? It looks like it's all on one sheet. Have you got some fancy-schmancy A1 printer?

[Player]

Work for a printers, so luckily managed to hijack the HP large format inkjet. Tempted to make another one (got 2 flag poles that I normally take)

[gilese]

My one question is, how the hell are you supposed to carry a god knows how long pole into the site with 2 crates of beer, luggage, tents etc?

[Halcyon]

My one question is, how the hell are you supposed to carry a god knows how long pole into the site with 2 crates of beer, luggage, tents etc?

[halvin]

snap the pole in half, and give it to a mate to carry. half the load

[gilese]

snap the pole in half, and give it to a mate to carry. half the load

[ukslim]

My one question is, how the hell are you supposed to carry a god knows how long pole into the site with 2 crates of beer, luggage, tents etc?

[halvin]

Oh, okay, serious answer required. They're telescopic and collapse down to around a metre in length. They'll strap to the outside of a rucksack.

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Edited June 7, 2007 by halvin

[gilese]

They'll strap to the outside of a rucksack.

[stephenmcdaid]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/5357913...bf44d84.jpg?v=0

[stephenmcdaid]

Thats our flag done.......... Keep an eye out for CAMP MING on Kidney Meads, everyone feel free to pop in for a cuppa beer and sit to warm their hands by the bong!

[dvjj]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/5357913...bf44d84.jpg?v=0

[stephenmcdaid]

Nice

[dvjj]

4. The finished article!

[mrfunk]

Thats our flag done.......... Keep an eye out for CAMP MING on Kidney Meads, everyone feel free to pop in for a cuppa beer and sit to warm their hands by the bong!

[stephenmcdaid]

sweet!! i'm sure we will probably be neighbours...... we always have a lovely view from there

[dockie2]

Camp Ming

Edited June 11, 2007 by dockie2

[Halcyon]

spent all day yesturday rastorbating my deisgn up, sticking the sheets together, and then cutting it all out to form a massive stensile. Just need to trace round it on the flag now, and paint it all up.

Will post pics when it's done.

oh... and I was also sorting out some guy ropes, and a method of securing the pole so no one can nick it.

Edited June 11, 2007 by Halcyon

[Luigi]

Any ideas on something cheap I can buy today that we can use as a pole? Something extendable ideally.

[ukslim]

Any ideas on something cheap I can buy today that we can use as a pole? Something extendable ideally.