Chapter 2 (Cassiopeia)


The Mesh Sreening
Place the kite with the back facing up. Take the mesh sreening and place it on top of the folded edge, make sure to overlap with 10 mm. Then glue..


Fold
Fold 10 mm. in and glue.

This is the final result.

Second fold
Once again fold back the Mesh Sreening, it should now be facing up. Then glue.
Take the two small pieces of dacron and glue them to the Mesh Sreening. It might be necessary to loosen the Mesh Sreening in the ends, where the reinforcement is to be placed - check the template for more information.



Strengthening the sides
Take a solder iron and cut 2 pieces of dacron, as shown in the template, then glue the pieces on both the front and the back of the kite (4 pieces in all).


Sowing
Now it is again time to sow (at last). 2 times along the side of the kite (as you can see in the picture, I have drawn to lines on the dacron to help me not to sow outside the fabric). Remember to make enough space between the sewings for the rivets to be. You are aloud to cheat and peek ahead in the guidance.
Then it is time to sow all the way around the gusset shaped pieces of dacron. 

An other reinforcement
Cut another 2 pieces of reinforcement as shown in the drawing below and then glue and sow them on to the kite. You should, for the time being, not worry about the "pockets" ("tunnel") in the top of the picture, I will get back to those later.


Dacron "pockets" ("Tunnel")
Take a 6cm. width piece of dacron and a bit longer than the width of the kite, now make a 20mm. hem. Then sow it. Make a hard fold on the middle of the dacron. Glue the dacron to the back of the Mesh Sreening. You should have 30 mm. Mesh Sreening between the "pocket" ("tunnel") and the fabric. The excess dacron is cut away from the other end - be sure to leave an extra 20 mm. to be folded. Fold.


Sow and Glue the "pocket" ("tunnel")
If you have not glued to close to the end it should be possible to sow the hem.
See the picture.

Then glue on the "pocket" all the way.


Then an other break

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