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| mathew | "oh shoot I missed that. they looked like straight ties. thanks. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "The ones I linked to have the hole in one end that the other end can pass through. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@eustatic's straps had that cinch down bit that I like-- they're a little more, but those are also cheaper on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Black-V..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "It looks like McMaster sells them for $5-6 per pack of ten. Here are 50 ties for $6: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F5K82A/ref=pe_385040_30332200_TE_..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'm buying a bunch of these from McMaster to try out as a cable tie replacement in the kit. http://www.mcmaster.com/#6605k23/=u1tmx6 " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Thumping sounds awesome. what note does the balloon make? at 1.3kg lift? like, a tuner could measure that? maybe put chalk in the kit? the bagg..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "balloon diameter is a good method-- the balloon is pretty spherical. @jbreen marks the wall with measurements before inflating. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| liz | "yay switching out the swivels! Now i'm also interested in who has a good method of determining if the balloon is inflated enough. I do "arm's lengt..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "lets see if we can source some of these and do force tests on them. We just switched out the swivels for better ones, I'm into continuously improv..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago |