Leash loop fetish

General Discussion
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Leash loops are rad,

here are some from the archives…

oooh yeah, that’s the stuff!

"i used half a brass ring as a support for the glass strands. "- MarkE

Cheers.

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I love 'em too! I can’t remember the last time I used a leash cup, don’t even consider them as an option anymore.

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Nice,

Do you have any more pics of that redwood fish?

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i love em too, but there’s no way i’m going to share pics of mine after the ones above. they are awesome. i especially like jensen’s wood core one. such care & craftmanship. beautiful.

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What about those leash loops that are made out of black rope - like the rope you use to tie your leash to the board? How are those done? I’ve searched the archives and found nothing, nor have i ever seen a pic of one on here.

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I’ve seen loops made of yellow plastic rope. Maybe the same thing? That was done, as far as I can rember, by setting the rope in the foam and glassing just the ends into the board.

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good thread, rhino.

got a pic of a rope embedded?

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Loop from last board.Cut a solid glass panel into shape.Drilled hole,applied waterbased

ink and glassed whole thing onto deck.

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I can’t outsmart this thing.

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here is my glass leash loop (sometimes called a “roving bridge”)

from my HWS. nice and thick and wide, set onto board just after cloth went down before it set, for strongest bond between the two, I have heard of loops being ripped off if they are applied AFTER the filler coat (hot coat)


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Robbo

Can you give some details on how the “roving bridge” is made? That looks awesome. Nice and strong.

Cheers

Ant

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Quote:

here is my glass leash loop (sometimes called a “roving bridge”)

from my HWS. nice and thick and wide, set onto board just after cloth went down before it set, for strongest bond between the two, I have heard of loops being ripped off if they are applied AFTER the filler coat (hot coat)

I actually made a fibreglass bridge sorta like an oversized version of your roving bridge for a longboard, I also put some laps over the edges for strength. I was afraid a “simple” roving leash loop wouldn’t be strong enough for a longboard. Any folks here have experience on LB’s/Leashloops? The fibrebridge is ugly, won’t even bother with a picture… really, it’s grunt-ugly…

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Can you give some details on how the “roving bridge” is made? That looks awesome. Nice and strong.

Cheers

Ant

  1. wet rovings & lay over pencil, cover with a couple of hour-glass shaped strips of 4oz (ps: i trimmed these rovings by about a good inch after the photo was taken)

  1. slide pencil (wrapped in masking tape) out before it kicks

  1. sand to size & shape before moving on to fillercoat & glosscoat

more stuff in the archives. that’s how i learnt.

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Beautiful stuff Oldy, and perfectly explained.

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Thanks oldy.

Do you need some sort of release agent so that the pencil doesn’t stick or is that what the masking tape is for.

Regards

Ant

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no release agent ant. yes that’s what the tape’s for. just pull the pencil out once the resin has begun to harden sufficiently.

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Try using a plastic straw (a handful from your favorite fast food joint is pretty cheap:). They pull out nice once the resin is kicked…

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I asked an old crusty shaper for one, and he cut out some fin plate extras and drilled a big enough hold, glassed it on, and smoothed it out.

There is HEAPS of advice in the archives on “glass leash loops”, do a search!

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Ant,

I wax the pencil up with board wax. Mike

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OK, may I add my 30 threads of roving rope? I made this one yesterday. And although I had torn the rope thoroughly in a resin pot, I still have a few bubbles left. Life is hard. But then, it’s life…