Flag Building tips

[RasTa]

Might be coming.

[Paul ™]

dunno what the red was called, but i think the green was flourescent. so get something alternative

need to get me some more for my new flag anyway. efest flag is stayin stuck to my tent now seen as yours will should be better

[ben_cosmia]

Not doing any green, just going to do the dancing man and the 'eFestivals' writing

[Paul ™]

It's a big B&Q so hopefully they will have some in stock

[Cooter]

I'm not a flag user so I'll say my bit and get the hell out........

There was once a nice user here who was the master of all flags called Dad. If my memory serves me right he had a vision of using a washing line, the round square metal type carousel ones, to stabilize the height of his very tall flag. Whether his theory actually worked or not I dunno. I remember him vaguely talking about putting the thing upside and somehow fixing it to the ground. He reckoned it would give enough stability to abnormaly high poles and flags. You may however get a few frowns walking in with your Mums washing line!

Was a long time ago though so I may be talking nonsense........tata

[LetsGoToMars]

We are thinking of possibly

or maybe

Just finding it difficult to get the 2nd one looking right...

[nightcrawler13]

We are thinking of possibly

or maybe

Just finding it difficult to get the 2nd one looking right...

[pogal]

Right, the flag bungee breakdown...

Image 1 - take your flag and your bungee:

Image 2 - thread bungee through the eyelit:

I repeat this step, going back through again to eliminate the slack from the bungee...

Image 3 - place around the flagpole:

Image 4 - fold bungee around pole and over ball:

Job done!

[pogal]

And it works a treat!

[nightcrawler13]

not sure which of these we will have for the back of the tesco flag....

[halvin]

We are thinking of possibly

(awesome designs)

Just finding it difficult to get the 2nd one looking right...

[Cheesey]

Just finding it difficult to get the 2nd one looking right...

[dvjj]

aye, the cow one is far superior to mine. so precise. i wanna know how he did it

heres the fatter shorter efest man.

[marjorie dawes]

Very nice!!

[marjorie dawes]

YES!!!

[Boris]

Right, the flag bungee breakdown...

Job done!

[greenfairy43]

Right, the flag bungee breakdown...

Image 1 - take your flag and your bungee:

Image 2 - thread bungee through the eyelit:

I repeat this step, going back through again to eliminate the slack from the bungee...

Image 3 - place around the flagpole:

Image 4 - fold bungee around pole and over ball:

Job done!

[Boris]

Anyone got pics of how the ball bearing swivel things work? Think someone was going to post some....

[Paul ™]

Flag and pole etc arrived today

Am about to try trace the image onto the flag

[mynameisearl]

Image 4 - fold bungee around pole and over ball:

Job done!

[mynameisearl]

Flag and pole etc arrived today

Am about to try trace the image onto the flag

Edited April 25, 2007 by mynameisearl

[pogal]

Pull the plastic bit on the bungee through tightly ie until flag and flagpole are tight together then loop bungee round until it can't move anywhere. I think Pogal has shown it like this so everyone can see what way the bungee should be put through, then you loop it through until tight in place.

Hard to explain but relatively easy in practice!

[pogal]

Here's the way I've actually done it when testing the flag - double looped through the eyelit:

Make any more sense?

[Boris]

Beezer!

Impressed there is no vertical slippage between nylon and plastic... but you are testament to this truth.

Does it allow lateral 'flag-spinage'? (flag spinach?)

[Paul ™]

Traced round the image that was posted earlier with a pencil... looks better than the pic, was quite hard to get a decent pic

Shall source some paints and start painting at the weekend