16 foot build

[Jesse Bessette]

I've been taking breaks. They just aren't excited about going back to plaiting.It's like taking a vacation from work. You're glad you did it, but not looking forward to going back.

[Matt Henderson]

I know what you mean, although not to the same degree :P. I think it'll be many years before I try something longer than 8ft-9ft, just because I like to do the entirety of one layer in one 'session'. For a 16ft overlay, I'd be up all day and all night.

[Jesse Bessette]

Taking those short breaks are fine. I just tape The strands in place to hold it until I work on it again.

[Ron May]

Jesse, you could use a clothes pin on the last "over" side to hold them in place when you take a break.
I use a hemostat but a spring clothes pin works almost as well.

I am really looking forward to seeing your progress.

Ron

[Matt Henderson]

Sounds good, quick breaks are great but I don't like a half-finished whip cluttering up my desk for more than one night. I'll look into using hair grips as a holder rather than e-tape, seems like it'd work a treat.

[Jesse Bessette]

Ron, why do that when you have the highest quality, professional grade electrical tape? That's the only thing I use e tape for now. Just to hold strands.

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

I've found that hemostats are amazing for making sure you don't lose your place

Good luck with this build!~

[Russell Jones]

16 foot, Holy Cow.

I hope that when you finish, you will show us a demonstration

Best of luck with what sounds like a mammoth project Jesse!

[Jesse Bessette]

Thanks Russell. I will absolutely post a demo when I've had some practice with this one.

Brandon, I need to be able to roll mine up between plating sessions. That's why I use the tape

[Jesse Bessette]

Okay, picture time. This is my whip after plaiting the first belly and binding it. This thing is super stiff. I'll be binding the second belly in a similar fashion. It's about 2.5 feet of closed loop binding with the rest of the belly covered in x binding. It's coming along slowly but surely.

[Jesse Bessette]

Ignore that...I grabbed the html format instead.

[Ron May]

Jesse, you're getting it whittled down.

Ron

[Jesse Bessette]

Ron, slowly but surely. Stiffest whip I've built so far, but it does need to be.

[Robert Gage]

Coming along nicely, Jesse!

[Matt Henderson]

Wow. My fingers hurt looking at that! Good luck Jesse, you'll need it for all the binding, How many bellies did you say this one would be?

[Rachel McCollough]

Lookin good!!!

[Jesse Bessette]

Matt, It's gonna be 2 bellies. It'll give it a nice taper (almost all my whips are 2 belly, unless they're really short) as well as weight to crack while not making it too heavy.

And yes, my fingers hate me right now.

[Matt Henderson]

Sounds good, I was just wondering if three bellies would be better given the length; most likely not, it'd be too heavy as you said.

Could ask Roy, he's the resident expert on long whips.

[Jesse Bessette]

Matt, I thought about it, but I think it would be too heavy. I'm adhering to the "stick with what you know" mentality. Aside from fancy plaiting on the handle of course.

[Ron May]

Jesse, that's looking pretty good.
You're able to type so it's not that bad, right?
As Rachel says, "Inch by inch."

Ron