01-10-2004, 06:32 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| patching a lamee
We have several team lamees with no dead spots, but a few holes (I have no idea how that happened). We have the material to patch it, but before I do so, I am wondering what thread to use... would regular cotton-poly work, or is it better to use something stronger like metallic thread or fishing line? Any suggestions? | 
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01-10-2004, 10:21 PM
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#2 | | Armorer
Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| There's no need to use special thread. What you do want to do is fold over the edges of the patch pieces when you sew them on. Lame material is typically only conductive on one side (the Marktek material used by Infinity is an exception), so having that edge folded is necessary to make good electrical contact with the rest of the lame.
-Dave
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01-11-2004, 01:07 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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| Awesome. Thanks Dave. | |
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01-11-2004, 11:15 PM
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#4 | | Armorer
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Beach, CA / Las Vegas
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| As Dave said, there is no special thread required, but you will find most Armorers use dental floss. It will stand up better.
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01-24-2004, 03:49 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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| Metal Thread
If you are really interested there is a post at the end of this thread with a guy who sells this thread. Here's a quote:
I have a web page that covers all the salient
points, including all the info you need to make an order, at http://members.shaw.ca/ubik/thread/
My old armourer actually sewed through and over the bad spots. The downside is that you then have to insulate the back side of the lame to cover the thread. It works great and looks better than a patch that everyone wants to test every time you fence!
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01-25-2004, 09:25 PM
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#6 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Man! I once repaired some dead spots on a sabre mask bib by unravelling the metal-wrapped threads from an old Russian lame and painstakingly sewing them into the weave of the bib....
Never again! Patches are SO much easier. | |
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01-25-2004, 10:58 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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| If you get the thread, most heavy duty sewing machines will use the thread.
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01-26-2004, 12:38 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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| They are repaired and working beautifully (so far). The ones with holes were treated to a patch, and the dead spots on others were treated to some nice metallic thread. The foilists better thank me for this... | |
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01-26-2004, 06:11 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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| You should thank yourself, you avoided getting tossed for bad equipment!
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01-27-2004, 06:19 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| I'm not a foilist... have actually never worn a lamee in my life! The things I do for my team *shakes head*... | |
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01-28-2004, 12:27 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
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| Great job, do you want to switch clubs? 
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