Spur Grommets

 22 Jun 22:

Spur grommets for the Nutshell Pram's lug sail. The Barry King 3 pound nylon mallet does the heavy work driving the #2 hole punch, with self sealing mat underneath.

Spur grommets have small teeth that grip sail material better, this is the preferred type of grommet. 

There is a Goldilocks setting for grommets. Too little and the teeth don't grab the sailcloth fully, and too much will cause the ring to cut through the material and the grommet falls out. Skipper Skippervised and made sure these were set just right.

Grommet Replacement

04 Jun 18:

Replaced a sail grommet with a Barry King 3 pound nylon mallet, cutting block and die set. The nylon mallet has extra weight to set the grommet and not damage the die set. The cutting block pad protects the support surface and the also the die set. We used a regular grommet but a spur grommet would have been better. Tools and grommets were purchased from Sailrite.

Skipper knows her way around grommets, she has her Masters Degree in Theatre/Costume Design and has put thousands of grommets in pirate and renaissance garb. Check out her ebay store tokenchick if you need some pirate garb :)

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