Gooey
05-26-2009, 08:44 AM
I like to make trim bands on my all guide wraps, I usually match them to the guide frame color and I think it adds a great deal of cosmetic value.
Until I started doing trim bands this way, I noticed that thin trim bands (2 or 3 wraps) were quite difficult and not worth the effort and sometimes they would be prone to popping loose it you moved them even the tiniest amount. With this method I make small trim bands (2 wraps) very easily and that are very secure.
So what you need is 5 puller loops. I use 30lb braid with a tuft of yarn tied into it. So here the process:
1) Take 2 loops and tape them to the blank. The loop end is opposite to the way you are wrapping, the tuft is to the inside. On a side note, I will use a caliper to place the tape where my wrap will start. I usually decrease each wrap by a couple millimeters as I go up the blank for a nice tapering effect.
2) I start the wrap (at the tape) and put on maybe an 1/8 of an inch and then bend the puller end of the loop up and keep on wrapping. If there is a small gap there great, you can use that void to safely trim the tag end of your trim band later.
3) With about 3/4 of the wrap done, I will insert 3 more puller loops under the thread and then continue to wrap to the end of the wrap/foot.
4) Once I have the length of wrap needed, I cut the end and use the lowest puller to “tie off” or complete the wrap.
5) That leaves me with 2 puller loops hanging out of either end of the wrap.
6) Its then a simple matter of inserting the desired trim into the first puller loop to secure the trim, make the number of turns require (over the second puller loop), and then cutting the trim free and completing the trim band with the remaining loop. Repeat process on the other side.
Note that I always anchor the trim with the higher up loop, do the wraps and then finish it with the lower loop. That way you don’t get a skinny spot on your trim band (because you pass the starting point of the trim band).
Using this method produces nice tight trim bands that are guaranteed to stay put.
Good Luck!
PS - I am trying to attach some pics but I think that I may need to clear my cash first?!? The attachment page says I am over my limit but I can't figure out how to clear it?!?
Until I started doing trim bands this way, I noticed that thin trim bands (2 or 3 wraps) were quite difficult and not worth the effort and sometimes they would be prone to popping loose it you moved them even the tiniest amount. With this method I make small trim bands (2 wraps) very easily and that are very secure.
So what you need is 5 puller loops. I use 30lb braid with a tuft of yarn tied into it. So here the process:
1) Take 2 loops and tape them to the blank. The loop end is opposite to the way you are wrapping, the tuft is to the inside. On a side note, I will use a caliper to place the tape where my wrap will start. I usually decrease each wrap by a couple millimeters as I go up the blank for a nice tapering effect.
2) I start the wrap (at the tape) and put on maybe an 1/8 of an inch and then bend the puller end of the loop up and keep on wrapping. If there is a small gap there great, you can use that void to safely trim the tag end of your trim band later.
3) With about 3/4 of the wrap done, I will insert 3 more puller loops under the thread and then continue to wrap to the end of the wrap/foot.
4) Once I have the length of wrap needed, I cut the end and use the lowest puller to “tie off” or complete the wrap.
5) That leaves me with 2 puller loops hanging out of either end of the wrap.
6) Its then a simple matter of inserting the desired trim into the first puller loop to secure the trim, make the number of turns require (over the second puller loop), and then cutting the trim free and completing the trim band with the remaining loop. Repeat process on the other side.
Note that I always anchor the trim with the higher up loop, do the wraps and then finish it with the lower loop. That way you don’t get a skinny spot on your trim band (because you pass the starting point of the trim band).
Using this method produces nice tight trim bands that are guaranteed to stay put.
Good Luck!
PS - I am trying to attach some pics but I think that I may need to clear my cash first?!? The attachment page says I am over my limit but I can't figure out how to clear it?!?