you never know who you are going to run into these days....so a very nice couple stopped in for kites and disclosed they make huge sails for sail
boats....and that they have loads of scraps big enough to make kites out of....
they will sell sail cloth, but if you pay for shipping, they will send scraps for free!
send email to: ptsails@olympus.net
Port Townsend Sails
attention Nicki or Mikiya....
very nice people and very generous!WELDNGOD - 7-8-2008 at 05:32 PM
NPW will be all over it!kitemaker4 - 7-8-2008 at 08:33 PM
Thanks Eli
Susan (npw goddess)USA_Eli_A - 8-8-2008 at 10:31 AM
hope you score some good stuff, let me know how it work out..:tumble:archkiter - 8-8-2008 at 10:53 AM
thanks for the contact Eli.
Perfect timing as I am about to try to make my first foil kite
StaceBladerunner - 8-8-2008 at 10:56 AM
Ha Ha,
I had to be writing to you as you wrote this ! Glad you saw it !!!
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Originally posted by archkiter
thanks for the contact Eli.
Perfect timing as I am about to try to make my first foil kite
Stace
archkiter - 8-8-2008 at 11:00 AM
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Originally posted by Bladerunner
Ha Ha,
I had to be writing to you as you wrote this ! Glad you saw it !!!
yep :P thanks!NPWfever - 8-8-2008 at 08:59 PM
Maybe I can finally get the cloth for silvereagles NPW, my bad dude.NPWfever - 11-8-2008 at 08:49 PM
I sent email, and was told they don't give out nylon scraps?kitemaker4 - 12-8-2008 at 11:36 AM
At least you got a reply. I am still waiting to hear from them.
Susan (npw goddess)archkiter - 12-8-2008 at 03:54 PM
No reply here either. Oh well...Taper123 - 13-8-2008 at 04:21 AM
I've got some scraps lying around if someone wants to play with them. Some are little, some are decent sized.... I keep saying one day I'm going
to sew them all together and make a banner or something...
Remember though... for making a foil you'll need about 3.5 to 4 times the foil size in yards of fabric. That'd be a ton of sewing together
scraps, each making a potential weak point, and you'd have to align the fabric weave to keep the stretch the same.
Watch for a sale and buy a bunch....USA_Eli_A - 13-8-2008 at 01:02 PM
ah. sorry, I forgot to mention the two that send out the scraps, are playing in a volleyball tourney here...I will follow up and see if I can get them
to engage!
I think they left on teus to head up to norther Wa state...kitemaker4 - 13-8-2008 at 02:19 PM
Thanks Eli.
Susan (npw goddess)USA_Eli_A - 13-8-2008 at 02:49 PM
yo welcome :tumble:f0rgiv3n - 13-8-2008 at 02:51 PM
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Originally posted by Taper123
I've got some scraps lying around if someone wants to play with them. Some are little, some are decent sized.... I keep saying one day I'm going
to sew them all together and make a banner or something....
Hey Taper, I think I might take you up on a couple scraps. I've been wanting myself to make a banner/wind sock to know the wind direction at all times
--easily. :P Winds here in Idaho are squirrelly.USA_Eli_A - 13-8-2008 at 04:20 PM
pk supply is a good source of webbing and fabric....
yo welcome :tumble: