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Posted by Larry Green on September 15, 2005, 8:25 pm
On 9/15/05 6:28 PM, bfields256@bellsouth.net wrote:
> i am looking for hacky sack (footbag) patterns, i've found the basic designs
> but i can't find the nicer designs that people say are online but i can't
> find them someone please help
>
I made some for our kids by adapting the information I had for building
small parachutes for our 'parabears'. The key to sewing together a ball
is the use of 'gores' (basically a triangle with curved sides).
If you look at this site.........
http://tinyurl.com/9a3hv
.... you will find lots of information on gores and it also gives links
to a downloadable calculator and an online calculator. Just plug in the
diameter and number of gores you want and use the resulting figures to
draw out your pattern on paper. I actually drew mine up in a CAD program
but it could just as easily been done with a paper, rule and pencil.
I made ours using four gores per half ball and filled them with rice and
they worked quite well.
--
Larry Green
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