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Poly Knotting

Some of the heavier-gauge polys really resist snugging up tightly during knotting, and there’s only so much you can do with adding tension to the tie-off string. I’ve found that the way to tame them is to purposely “kink” the string where it exits the tie-off grommet, before tying the knot. In other words, I feed the string through the tie-off hole, and pull it as tight as I can by hand. Then, I pull the string up to a right-angle to the stringbed, which creates a kink in the string that helps hold the string flat on the outside of the frame. I then tie off as normal, with much less struggle to retain the tension on the last string. This technique doesn’t work with every poly, but it takes only a couple of seconds to try it, and I’m always grateful when it does.

Greg Raven, MRT, Apple Valley, CA

From the June 2006 issue
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