08-29-2009, 04:30 AM
I concur with FG on the whip finisher tool.. here is why..
I found the spring loaded one like in this kit almost impossible to do anything with.. it doesnt rotate so you have to "twirl" it in your fingers to get the right motion with it.. and its very hard to twirl it and keep the right tension and thread angle to correctly do a whip finish..
a decent rotating finisher makes it so much easier.. one .. setting up the "triangle" is much easier.. keeping tension on the thread.. and maintaining the correct thread angle with the bobbin (parallel with the fly) is so much easier.. and because it rotates (turns inside the handle).. doing the is easier (you dont have to spin it in your fingers) .. and lastly.. relasing the thread to tie off the whip finish is soooooooo easy..
I took to using the rotating one like a fish takes to water.. [laugh]
to me spending a few dollars for that tool is well worth the money..
MacFly [cool]
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I found the spring loaded one like in this kit almost impossible to do anything with.. it doesnt rotate so you have to "twirl" it in your fingers to get the right motion with it.. and its very hard to twirl it and keep the right tension and thread angle to correctly do a whip finish..
a decent rotating finisher makes it so much easier.. one .. setting up the "triangle" is much easier.. keeping tension on the thread.. and maintaining the correct thread angle with the bobbin (parallel with the fly) is so much easier.. and because it rotates (turns inside the handle).. doing the is easier (you dont have to spin it in your fingers) .. and lastly.. relasing the thread to tie off the whip finish is soooooooo easy..
I took to using the rotating one like a fish takes to water.. [laugh]
to me spending a few dollars for that tool is well worth the money..
MacFly [cool]
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