Flag Building tips

[pogal]

Umm, at the risk of saying "mine's bigger than yours"...

Mine's bigger than yours.

Forget your telescopic fishing poles. The really easy way to get a really massive erection is to use tent poles - ya know, the twelve-in-a-set, each about-a-metre-long, threaded-together-by-a-long-bit-of-elastic that goes across the top of your tent...

Perhaps a £10er for the set, a trio of guy-ropes, and you're set to go. 8 metres high, 10 metres high, 12 metres - no problemo. Flexible, lightweight and the sections where they snap together make it very easy to attach guy-ropes, flags, lights, etc...

If only I had a piccie from previous years

[Dog Burger]

It really wasn't very tall... It was somewhat, er, inadequate... Good God I'm a child.

Here's a pic of the flag (in a primitive design stage - it is still being worked on) on the 3m pole. It simply wasn't good enough!

[LusciousLucy]

I am undecided...would love to make a new flag but might have no time to design and paint one. And cash is tight for me, so should I invest in a new 4 meter pole or just get a replacement tip which is all I need for my 3 meter pole I already have. I have more than one Efest flag you see. Was even thinking of getting a banner flag too. Ordering it all today though so it can arrive whilst my parents are away in Spain for a week and I dont get shouted at for wasting money on festy shit. :lol

Decisions eh?

Oh and does anyone know if they are any good or has purchased those spikes for guys ropes from SkyBlue?

Edited April 19, 2007 by LusciousLucy

[rex]

Ordering it all today though so it can arrive whilst my parents are away in Spain for a week and I dont get shouted at for wasting money on festy shit. :lol

[halvin]

Received the new five-metre pole today...

*gulp*

May have overstretched myself a touch! It's mahooooosive!

[pogal]

Really? I received my 5-metre pole today and I was wondering if I wouldn't have been better with a 6- or 7-meter. My brother and I have been discussing the possibility of strapping it to the gazebo to gain a little extra height. We must be distant relatives of Jeremy Clarkson, because bigger always equals better!

One question: I'm going to draw the design with permanent marker. For the text, does anyone know a way of stopping the ink showing through on the other side? I figure some kind of white fabric paint would do the trick, but has anyone actually tried?

[halvin]

Could be the same with the five when I try it, possibly later, but I can't go any higher than that - surely?

[Cheesey]

I know what you mean, I thought my three-metre one was fine, but then I popped it up in the garden. with flag, and it just didn't seem high enough.

Could be the same with the five when I try it, possibly later, but I can't go any higher than that - surely?

Hmmm, not sure about the pen problem, I just let it show through. I think you're right though, you could print the design on one piece of material and maybe sew that onto your flag?

[LusciousLucy]

Umm, LL, looking at your sig - ain't it a bit late for that?

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[Dog Burger]

Tested the four metre pole on the Downs today. Held up pretty well in a slight breeze, had a bit of an accident trying to take it apart, which has shaved a centimetre off the total height! Tested it with a pillow case and it flew well, so next step is to try it out with a larger size material, before painting the desing on. Thinking about 4ft by 3ft.

[pogal]

Tested the four metre pole on the Downs today. Held up pretty well in a slight breeze, had a bit of an accident trying to take it apart, which has shaved a centimetre off the total height! Tested it with a pillow case and it flew well, so next step is to try it out with a larger size material, before painting the desing on. Thinking about 4ft by 3ft.

[Dog Burger]

Nice one. My 5' x 3' flag flew like a dream in a fairly enclosed garden with only a four-metre pole - you'll have no worries there I don't think in an open campsite.

Thanks for the pic of the pole Cheesey, looks like five was the right choice - I wanted it to be visible but not ridiculously tall!

[Dog Burger]

Getting the taste for this now. Going to buy one of these: http://www.skyblueleisure.co.uk/acatalog/3...ner_Yellow.html

We're planning to turn our circle into a little oasis of colour, like a mini version of the dance village or jazz world stage area. If you see us, come and drop in!

[mynameisearl]

How much guying out do you plan to do? I was thinking it could look fairly flimsy on its own in a high wind. I think about three ropes about three foot up should do it.

[Paul ™]

Ordered a few things from skyblueleisure last night -

• 5 metre telescopic pole

• Ground spikes

• Flag Bungees

• Carry bag

• Plain Flag

• Vortex Spinner (pic below)

Plan is to have the eFestival's dancing man on the flag, but I have the artistic skills of a mouse.. hopefully someone will help.

Might use thar Rasterbator site to enlarge the image and draw round it

[Dog Burger]

For my flagpole last year I bought one of the ground spikes to place it over, hammered the spike about a foot or so into the ground using a mallet and it was fine on its own, though the wind was never that strong.

[Boris]

Ah I love all this flag talk. It's warms me cockles. *Dusts off the HORSE flag*

[mrfunk]

Ah I love all this flag talk. It's warms me cockles. *Dusts off the HORSE flag*

[Paul ™]

Ah I love all this flag talk. It's warms me cockles. *Dusts off the HORSE flag*

[pogal]

Yeah that's what i did earlier, but i got the impression it would be a bent double with guy ropes if the wind got up. Pretty impressed for four quid though!

[halvin]

Plan is to have the eFestival's dancing man on the flag, but I have the artistic skills of a mouse.. hopefully someone will help.

Might use thar Rasterbator site to enlarge the image and draw round it

[Paul ™]

As much as I love Rasterbator, I don't think it's your friend in this case. You really want something with a nice sharp edge to trace and Rasterbator doesn't give you that. That said, it'll give you a rough shape to work. If you try it, report back to lets us know how you got on.

If someone sends me a high-ish resolution (say 600x800) copy of the eFestivals dude, I can chop it up into a pdf suitable for the 5'x3' flags. My email address is hal at halvin dot co dot uk (replacing 'at' -> @ and 'dot' -> .). I think 2 x 4 A4 sheets would do the trick.

[mrfunk]

As much as I love Rasterbator, I don't think it's your friend in this case. You really want something with a nice sharp edge to trace and Rasterbator doesn't give you that. That said, it'll give you a rough shape to work. If you try it, report back to lets us know how you got on.

If someone sends me a high-ish resolution (say 600x800) copy of the eFestivals dude, I can chop it up into a pdf suitable for the 5'x3' flags. My email address is hal at halvin dot co dot uk (replacing 'at' -> @ and 'dot' -> .). I think 2 x 4 A4 sheets would do the trick.

[Paul ™]

Yeah looking for this myself, a large efest dude,................can you help.....Neil? maybe....

[Goblinz]

I'm thinking about getting the big 9 meter telescopic flag pole. Kind of having second thoughts, does anyone think it's a bit excessive? The idea is that i don't have to extend it all the way if it's too windy.

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