On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Dan Hagen wrote: >> >>Dave Kruger wrote: >> >>> ... >>> Good idea. Do you know if Dan has a source for the heavy-duty velcro? >>> ... >> >>I suspect that there are many places you can get it. If you don't have >>any luck locally, I believe that Western Canoeing in Abbotsford BC >>(which does mail order) has heavy duty strips in stock that are used for >>installing adjustable foot braces in whitewater canoes. (They had it >>there last time I was in the shop--about 6 months ago.) Their number is >>604-853-9320. I am not 100% certain that they still have it, but it's >>worth a try if you can't find it elsewhere. Make sure you tell them >>that you don't want the foot braces attached! >> >>Dan Hagen >>Bellingham, Washington if you don't find any there, and you go looking around, be aware there are many "grades" of "hook and loop" [velcro is a brand name ;-) ... in the service, we used some on parachutes that could be reused only a few times before it lost its "stick" but it took tremendous forces to pull apart. so some is really sticky, and can only be used a few times, others aren't as sticky, and are reusable more times than worth counting ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the double lock will keep; May no brick through the window break, And, no one rob me till I awake. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 10:37:35 PST
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