Thank you for the great idea. I just completed three lanyards. I was having difficulty wrapping the cord around the dowel with only my two hands so my wife said, " Why don't you hold it in your vise." I placed one side of the dowel in my vice and the other side I held down with a "c" clamp bridging an open space between my vice and my drill press. It worked like a charm! I could simply roll it around with two hands, no need for clamping it off section by section. Thanks again!

The dowel I used is a 3/8" dowel, and mine were cut to 9.5 inches. It would be difficult to use a thinner dowel, but you could adjust the length to fit your needs. Just remember the real limitation on the length will be the size of pot you have for boiling the water. Thanks for the great question.

should just drill a hole on the stick on both ends to hold the line locked then spin it with a drill...

Thanks for showing this. Fantastic job with the video

I think I like the plain weed eater line style better because I think the paracord, when it gets wet, will hold water that would just drain off the plain weedeater line right away and thus be heavier being wet. Also the fluted weedeater line you showed will hold water inside that paracord wrapping when it gets wet also, so smooth IS better.

thank you for your information----very helpfull

Pro tutorial, love it!

Drill a hole in the end of the dowel in both ends to stick the line in and put a drill on the dowel and it works alot better, saves your hands as well.

Excellent Work man, my next project, Thanks a million man, cheers!

Great job!!!

Thanks!

Hmmm...interesting. I'll have to try that next time. I would probably need an extra set of hands--one person to run the drill and another to hold and keep tension on the paracord.

Can you put it in boiling water first, to soften the trimmer cord before wrapping?

Question: Can I use a 3mm line instead of 2.4? will it fit in the paracord?

Thank you again for this tutorial. I have made several of these to use on my fishing kayak. A tip I would like to share: when using 3/8" dowel rod use a standard cordless drill to get a tight wind. Saves the hands.

Very cool!

Red trimmer line is a little bigger I think 2.7 mm thick.

i believer the 3/8 inch dowel works best

550 paracord can be found at surplus stores or hobby lobby

Any military surplus store or a some arts and crafts stores.

length of the stick?

Lol--yeah you've got to take it nice and easy. The clamps really help if you don't have superhuman grip strength. Thanks for watching--and good luck with coils.

diameter of the stick?

Does any body know how to make a snake note

Drill holes in each end about half an inch from the end put one end in start coiling by hand or cordless drill on very slow

You coyld use a drill to wind it up

Hi +TheGadgetNut can u tell me what material is that made of? Is that plastic or is it fused steel?

@francisco6224

7 жыл бұрын

I couldnt find that material in Leroy Merlin in section of electricity cabes...

@francisco6224

7 жыл бұрын

thanks!!

What sized parracord did you use for this

@TheGadgetNut

7 жыл бұрын

Tygah Griffin it's typical 550 paracord

how long do you boil it for?

@TheGadgetNut

7 жыл бұрын

I usually let them boil for about 10 minutes. Good luck on your project.

what size paracord used on this?

Thats why they call them dummy cords...

This all could have been a 5 min vid.

good idea, but for the sake of humanity you could have made a 2 minute video.