Stitching/Shoe Modding/Breaking in tutorial (Archive)

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Stitching/Shoe Modding/Breaking in tutorial (Archive)

Post by BalinorNZ » 27 Dec 2005 19:19

This is a collection of valuable threads containing information on Footbag Stitching, Shoe Modding and Footbag Breaking in tutorials.

[Edited by Moxie 6/27/07]


STITCHING
Making bags: instructions/tutourials
A thread on how to stitch footbags.

Automatic Footbag Stencil Drawing tool
A handy webtool that allows you to set the sizes of the panels and then automatically generates the stencil in a pdf file.

Footbag Stencil/Pattern tutorial
A thread on how to make a good stencil for use in making 32 panel footbags.

Jeremy's Blind Stitch Tips
A photo tutorial demonstrating how to 'blind stitch' ie close up the last panel on a footbag from the outside.

Triangular Hexagon Tutorial
A tutorial on how to make triangular Hexagons for use in making 32 panel footbags.

Footbag Templates Galore!
A collection of cool footbag paterns.

BREAKING IN BAGS
Break in Tips
A thread on how best to break in a footbag so it is easier to play with.

Frozen footbag!
Asking if freezing footbags to help the break in process.

oil break in
Asking if putting oil on footbags to help the break in process.

Fast and easy way to break in bags
Cod's fast and easy break in method uses poly pellets for the break in period then replaces them with good filler.

SHOES
Broka Laver Mod
A thread on how to apply the "Broka" Modification to Rod Lavers.

Climacool 1 Modification Tutorial (Photo's included)
A thread on how to modify the popular Climacool 1 running shoe for better footbag capability.

G-Unit modification photo sequence Tutorial
A thread on how to modify the popular G-Unit shoe for better footbag capability.

Tubing Modification Tutorial
A tutorial on how to apply the tubing modification to your shoes which is used to open up the toe box and improve the clipper rail.

G-unit modification Tutorial
A tutorial on how to modify the popular shoe "G-unit" used by many for freestyle footbag, so that it will be more effective for the sport.

NOTE: I fixed all the links that had .ca in them, I added the gunit modding tutorial.
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Post by SergeyKozlov » 02 Jan 2006 08:17

There is a wrong link on Footbag Templates Galore!

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Post by Lazytowner » 02 Jan 2006 11:02

its the second link down...i screwed up the first time. :cry:

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Post by BalinorNZ » 06 Jan 2006 17:14

All the links work for me guys!

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Post by mc » 16 Feb 2006 09:11

Nic, great collection!! thanks for this.
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Post by svlaxx66 » 01 Mar 2006 17:36

none of the links work on my comp

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Post by james_dean » 01 Mar 2006 22:33

Ah. hehe. They're all linked to modified.ca whereas the new address is modified.in

I'm sure Nic will fix it when he sees these posts. Good spotting.
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Post by Jdigges » 03 Mar 2006 09:59

just type in .in instead of .ca when the link comes up. it will work
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Post by Wasabi » 08 Mar 2006 11:22

I was just wondering, can I have my G-unit modding tutorial placed in this archive? It has additional mods that people might want to consider doing on their shoes just in case.

http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=12111
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Post by if_cho » 04 Apr 2006 06:23

svlaxx66 wrote:none of the links work on my comp
i have the same problem :( is there any way that i can fix that ?

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Post by Zeb Jackson » 04 Apr 2006 08:32

for all of the links click on them and when it says "page cannot be displayed" substitute "
".ca"

fo

".in"

and it will work

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Post by if_cho » 04 Apr 2006 23:08

Zeb Jackson wrote:for all of the links click on them and when it says "page cannot be displayed" substitute "
".ca"

fo

".in"

and it will work
it worked :) 10x ;)

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Post by Rad » 06 Apr 2006 04:40

Is it just me or does modified.ca not work?

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Post by andr00 » 23 Apr 2006 17:34

^ yeah it doesnt exist, just change the Url to read .in
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Post by brinard » 23 Apr 2006 18:39

Is it just me or does modified.ca not work?
would you read?

for christs sake, the post above yours tells you what to do

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Post by Drew360 » 26 Apr 2006 15:41

brinard wrote: would you read?

for christs sake, the post above yours tells you what to do
BWAAaaHAHAHAHA lol...........
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Post by BalinorNZ » 30 Apr 2006 18:37

NOTE: I fixed all the links that had .ca in them, I added the g-unit modding tutorial.

Sorry it has taken me so long to do this, I only just realised when someone PMed me about it 8).

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Post by Oroza » 13 Dec 2006 15:00

no laver tutorial, hilarious
Plain, with everything.

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Post by Moxie » 27 Jun 2007 10:58

I added some links to the first post.
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Post by BenRea » 29 Jun 2007 14:39

Footbag Templates Galore!
A collection of cool footbag paterns.


that link inside that link does not work.
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