Material for windsock.

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Material for windsock.

Postby Blue Max » Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:52 am

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I want to make my owns windsock.
any suggestion as to where I can buy the type of material which are light in weight and dureable.
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Re: Material for windsock.

Postby Barberton Sparkie » Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:22 pm

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I use the normal windbreaker or tracksuit material that I buy from the local Indian material shop. Mother in law does the sowing and I make the round rings from "Staal draad"and weld the two ends together and shape it round. She the sows the material onto the ring. Lasts about 12 months, but hey, it is cheap to make. She makes me ten at a time. Alot of the local pilots and even farmers buy fom me.

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Re: Material for windsock.

Postby wiskeyfoxtrot » Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:41 pm

Barberton Sparkie wrote: use the normal windbreaker or tracksuit material that I buy from the local Indian material shop. Mother in law does the sowing and I make the round rings from "Staal draad"and weld the two ends together and shape it round. She the sows the material onto the ring. Lasts about 12 months, but hey, it is cheap to make. She makes me ten at a time. Alot of the local pilots and even farmers buy fom me.

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Re: Material for windsock.

Postby ZULU1 » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:45 pm

New stocks just arrived, standard price Z1 = 1 windsock. In todays inflationary world. Z1 = 1 bottle of red wine !

But we are making windsocks now and also signal strips.

Signal strips are R550,00 a set of 4 2,5 metres x 600 mm wide with reflective tape on the edges and eyelets to tie down in a complete package. Weighs 700 grams.
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Re: Material for windsock.

Postby Barberton Sparkie » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:03 am

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The bottle of red wine is alot cheaper than my windsock for R300. :lol: You should then maybe order from Zulu1. :oops:



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Re: Material for windsock.

Postby wiskeyfoxtrot » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:20 am

ZULU1 wrote:The bottle of red wine is alot cheaper than my windsock for R300. You should then maybe order from Zulu1.
Yep, i think you are right. Will ask Pietmeyer to get one when he is down in Ballito again...... I will supply the bottle of vino for ZULU1....

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