I finally got around to putting together the first of the skippie towing rods I've been wanting to build over the last month or so. Am currently working on decorative cross wraps on the butt of the rod and am stymied by something that hopefully someone can help out with.
As you can see from this picture I'm just using a simple open diamond (double chevron) pattern on this wrap.
Assuming that the gaps between the diamonds are all the same size and that the pattern repeats on the top and bottom of the rod, the "diamonds" on each side of the rod are offset from each other by half the distance of the gap between the "diamonds". Is there some way to avoid this? It seems to me that geometry alone makes this unavoidable but maybe not! The only reason this makes a difference to me is that when you go to put the terminating wraps on the end of the crosswrap this means that the gaps between the terminating wrap and the last diamond cannot be even if you want the same number of "diamonds" to appear on the top and bottom of the rod. Likewise unless you choose to cover up part of one of the diamonds on the top or bottom of the rod then the gap between the last diamond and the terminating wrap cannot be the same size as the gap between the terminating wrap and the first diamond in the series on the same side of the rod. That sounds way more complicated than it really is...maybe pictures will explain it better. The first two shots are of the top side of the rod and the next two are of the bottom of the rod. I have already put a terminating wrap on the end of the wraps closer to the tip of the rod. The end nearest the grip is still just taped in place.
Any suggestions here? How can you force the gaps between the terminating wraps and the first/last diamond on at least one side of the rod to be the same size without making the gaps on the opposite of the rod something completely inconsistent with the other? Any help appreciated here.
Just fwiw here is a photo of how I did the guide wraps. I haven't finished dressing them yet...that little bit of blue on the right hand side of the picture outside the wrap isn't thread....
As for the crosswrap I haven't decided whether to keep this one or cut it off and start over at least to correct the slight misalignment of the diamonds on the top of the rod. I might also just force the gaps between the terminating wraps and the first/last diamond on the top of the rod to be the same whatever that might mean about the pattern on the bottom of the rod. Suggestions?
Topic: Cross Wraps..... (Read 5641 times)