Back Up to Full Speed

The UPS truck brought a genuine bonanza of goodies this morning. Fabric, load tape, the works.

Kevin cut out the top panel #13 and together we cut out the one missing piece of panel #11. He’s sewn these last few pieces onto the gores. The gores are now all complete except for the Nomex panel at the bottom. There’s still no word on the ETA of the Nomex.

We topped off the evening with a ceremonial stowing of the cutting table. (Although we’ll need to set up a small table at some point to cut the Nomex and the pieces for the vent.)

The next step is to sew the vertical load tapes down the middle of the gores. Kevin will leave the last bit of tape loose to allow room to attach the bottom panel. After that comes the vertical seams that join the gores together into a single piece. Very exciting times indeed.

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2 Responses to “Back Up to Full Speed”

  1. Mike Lavoie says:
    January 19, 2006 at 6:17 am

    Sounds like you guys are on the down hill stretch. By the way, what size load tapes are you using?
    Mike

  2. Dan says:
    January 19, 2006 at 12:13 pm

    All tapes are 1″. Verticals are Type IV. Horizontals are Type III.