Yep! only 1 hole/peg in centre used to set desired length of string, like being the mid-point of a W ....Berny, am I right in thinking that the pegs running up the centre( where the string zig zags,) are a way to shorten the board so that it is easier to manage, rather than doing something special to the strands that would otherwise not happen?
On my board they are just for measuring finished string length, using the 3 outer corner pins.Thanks for that,Berny.
Looking at how the string is wound round, I can't guess what the scales down the two sides are for. The two scales I have seen on other boards, that is. Are they for something very different?
Oh yes. They are measuring jigs really. For the making part, you only really need two nails through a board.Heehee, yes, that makes sense now. I thought it was for something exotic and specialised. It's a folded up ruler, then; but with no folds!!
Ah yes. You just wind the strands on a normal jig for measuring then use the two nails for the twisting/braiding. The complicated versions let you measure and stagger the strand ends at the same time, and are labelled with lengths. But the making won't be any different.Hi Rik, Just two nails? Does that mean you get the nails the right distance apart for the string you want? Wind round the strands, cut them, stagger the ends, and get on with twisting?
So the ultra complex ones are for professors who play cribbage between winding on?
So you are using two "jigs' for a Flemish string ?Ah yes. You just wind the strands on a normal jig for measuring then use the two nails for the twisting/braiding. The complicated versions let you measure and stagger the strand ends at the same time, and are labelled with lengths. But the making won't be any different.
In effect yes. One I already had, one which took 5 minutes to make.So you are using two "jigs' for a Flemish string ?
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Yes, but the ones I used are are a few cm apart, rather than metres...Rik you say wind on using a normal jig, then use the two nails board for twisting.
But my normal jig is two nails.
Seriously, I appreciate the fun to be had from learning a new skill. It has to be done for yourself before you really "know" what it's all about.A few gotchas, certainly (I won't forget that brrrr as a string unravels under tension, in a hurry). But that moment of revelation about "so that's how they make a rope" was fun.