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I dont get the argument with lead, yes its poisonious but you've got to ingest it, or get it through your blood stream in some kind of way. I worked at a refinery, they melted metal to pour in molds, to each laddle we added zinc filler and lead, full face respirator's and the whole works... you got ...

hey guys I just wanna thank everyone for their help with my footbag knowledge :) this is my 9th bag, size off a golfball... well alittle smaller than a golfball but barely... fill is 50% of brad benson's special fill, and 15% steel shot... weight i have no clue but it feels slightly less than the ...

pencap gather? I used the bottom of my fine point sharpie which is probably same size as pencap... i dont think i'd use that on my next bag though, maybe a AA battery or similar size, to keep the pents alittle bigger, and the bag a tad looser... Hopefully I get it right this time, as it sucks ...

HAHA softball size! Didnt see that mistake. But yea Golfball size...
When i used the .8 pent they looked HUGE compared to the hex's, right now I've got .65 pent .70 hex...

I'll see how they come out, hopefully it isnt too small

This last Bag I sewed was too dang small!! its smaller than a golfball, too small to even really kick, has too much bounce and just plain sucks... I used .55" pents and .70" hex's short side 25%... Thinking of trying .70" pents this time, the hex's seem fine but the pents are too little. What do you ...

I'll give the tool (probably a AA battery) and see how it comes out... Im still thinking about the first stitch, ur method seems good if im thinking of it right... Im just tossing around a few idea's for the starting stitch... starting from the hex to pent would solve my first problem with it ...

Oh I've got a pair of adidas running shoes like your nike's and yea they are terrible to hack in, but since its cold and i dont play that much they get me by till spring time.
My buddy hacks in a pair of vans and swears by them, I may hack in vans, no lavers for me, since im more of a circle kicker.

Matt cross has apparently been sewing for along time now, his bags come highly recomended, and its been said you can get one of his 2 stitch's ( i believe its cheaper)... theres no difference in 2-3 stitch when kicking i've heard, just a cosmetic thing. I believe holly sales through a few venue's ...

I cant help much like most others here can, but i used to kick regularly 7-8 years ago, and we always used a sand hack from the local sports shop, 10 bucks, reliable for kicking in a circle and its still intact to this day... though it has lost most of its sand...
I've bought a midnight 32 panel ...

Good info guys, and while were on topic of knots... this is how I tie mine...
Before I begin stitching I tie 4 knots at the end of the thread, then begin sewing, when I get done with the last hex, i sew to the first hex, and then tie my knot... I do a regular knot and pull it down below the first ...

I think i just realized something... When i got done sewing a pent I'd focus on getting all the gather on all the sides of the pent the same... it took forever. But if you guys gather with a battery or pen cap, do you just pull the thread when your done stitching (before the knot) around the battery ...

im not too sure about the dental floss... it sounds like a good idea, but just doesnt sound right to me lol... i can give it a try sometime though... I've been trying to work gather around the pent when i get done sewing before i tie the knot but that takes forever!! haha
Ah well it all just comes ...

Thanks for the information! 1 bag i had a bigger problem with the stitching was a very loosely gathered bag, so i tightened up the next one alittle bit but a few stitches were still seen...
I walked into Joanne fabrics and asked for the strongest thread they got, an they showed me some black thread ...

My stitching has been getting better and alittle more consistant but theres a few things that are bugging me! When I get done with a flower before i tie the last knot i'll pull the hexagons from the pent just alittle and sometimes i can see the stitch!!! Its annoying, i never noticed it until my ...

I cant really vote since i've never actually had ameretta in my hands, but From the pictures the colors just seem dull... Facile's colors are just so bright and pretty, even their dark colors pop where the ameretta just doesnt... No idea how it plays either, thats why I didnt vote.

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Yea those 2 bags arent for kicking if you ask me, i've got 2 kiddies so thats who they are for... it just felt good to kick my own bag around! After I finish this 3rd one i'll sew closer to the edge... and see how they come out

I've never actually seen any polly pellets at walmart... The site i went to sold a 10lb bag of glass beed 1.5 mm to 2 mm which i think would've been great, but i just got a 2 lb bag of their polly pellets...
The demensions i used were .78 pents .95 hex and 30%.... Im going to bring those numbers ...

Allright Surprisingly my polly filler came in!!! So I finished up those 2 bags, that blind stitch isnt as bad as it sounds! But the blue and white came out with more gather (which i wanted) and the purple and blue didnt have any gather... but tell me what you guys think :)
Oh an the purple one is ...

Well the way i was doing the last stitch was sewing all the last seams but on the very last side leave the seam stitched loose, then flip the bag rightside out and after filler slowly pull that last seam stitch by stitch... hope that makes since cause things like what you said and i said are hard to ...