John,
I guess I should have specified leaders, mostly for 3"-8" shells. The
painter's paper folds very easilly (after it's rolled into pipes and
flattened), like commercial Qmatch. It's very durable - much more so than
any kraft - I think because of whatever wax formula it's impregnated with.
It's already got adhesive. I just unroll it to the length pipe I want to
make up to 40" or so. For 8's I have to splice 2 -- 24" pieces. I'm not
really looking for a continuous product because I shoot a lot of smaller
shells, mines, and so forth. I connect a lot of things with super fast
visco, but I may get away from that soon, too. For the past year I've
rolled
tubes with the technique you describe, and spliced them together later for
the bigger shells. Works great even with 50# recycled kraft. Never spliced
as I went, though. I'd like to see your technique. Sounds interesting from
the standpoint of making a contiguous pipe.
Anyway, I know I do some extra work, but it suits my needs for now, and
it's
so far been very reliable. And I think this painter's paper has potential.
I'm going to try it on my big shells this 4th.
Scott
"John Reilly" <strbeam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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Apr 16, 1:41 am, "Scott H" <greyba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I know, making your own quickmatch is a pain in the ass. Pipes, good
> blackmatch, assembly... The pipes have always been my biggest pain in
the
> ass - just so time consuming to roll hundreds.. So today I was in the
> paint
> aisle at Lowes, and remembered someone (Ted?) telling me to try the
> prepared
> kraft masking paper. It's got adhesive on one side, and a wax coating on
> about half of the reverse side. 3.75" wide, it's perfect to roll onto a
> 3/8"
> dowel, in a slight spiral. The only problem is that when you roll it,
the
> adhesive side is trying to stick to the waxed side, so it wants to
unroll
> at
> the end. Little piece of scotch tape, pull it off the dowel, flatten it,
> and
> it stays great. And, now it's got an outer wax coat. Presto! a nice
pipe,
> easy to push the match thru...
>
> I made a few 36" and 48" leaders tonite to test, and they were awesome!
3
> pieces of blackmatch inside, each made with 4 strands of fine crochet
> thread
> run thru a slurry. Very energetic - almost like commercial... And you
can
> fold it flat in a bundle, very durable. Still time consuming to make,
but
> to
> me worth it.
>
> Anyone else tried making pipes this way? Someday, we all may be forced
to
> "DIY". I want to get started early... <g>
>
> -Scott
Why not just roll the pipes from plain 30# kraft, 2" wide and 30" or
36" long. Just cut a dozen sheets of kraft the length of the leader
pipe you desire and stack them evenly. Take a straight edge and lay
out marks at 2" and when the top sheet is so marked, take your razor
knife and cut the strips 12 at a time till done. Put them on your
pasting table fanning them out playing card-wise so that 1/2" of each
strip is exposed for pasting. Take your paste brush and smear all
these exposed edges (1/2" x 36" long) and roll them up with a 5/16"
metal rod well smeared with thin paste.
Unless you are making a lot of lancework, 36" long pipes should be
plenty for all your shell and wheel needs. For long pipes, just
crease the last 1" of one pipe and with a finger dipped in thin paste
slip the creased pipe 1" into an uncreased one and so on.
One hundred pipes can be rolled fairly quickly each evening till you
have what you need. Save the gummed tape for applications where you
need a good stiff parallel tube (spolettes, serpent and whistle
inserts,, small rockets ands wheel drivers)
John
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