b'HOW TOWELD PARACORD TABSThe original Hegarty band jig has never been surpassedCONNECT ANY FRAME WITH A HOLE IN IT, TO ANY ELASTIC BAND SET YOU WILL NEEDM ilbro catapults design flaw wasGenuine mil-spec NYLON paracord. The cheap polyester stuff simply doesnt weld.genius, as it meant you simplyA blue flame turbo lighter. My PB-207 has went and got another one whenbeen around for decades.(not if) yours broke! RepeatScissors to cut paracord and use as an sales is why so many show upeasily-held metal heatsink, to cool and second-hand. shape the ends.DeadShot and Goliath are smooth. Comfortable to hold compared to the flattishinto each other. If done rapidly, they will both Milbro. Their elastic was the potent sliced-sheetstill be molten, will amalgamate into one and of the era but while DeadShot used strong sewnthen solidify into a mushroom shaped nubbin leather straps to thread through their fork tipsof black nylon. Hold the cord just back from and grip the bands, Goliath had the brilliant one- exposed ends. the hot bit and after they cool, test with real piece thread-through. Both lasted well. Then (clever bit) push the cord into a Uvigour. If they part, you messed up. Oddly Milbro used a pair of tiny turned woodenshape and heat both ends rapidly so theyeasy to hurt yourself testing themcollets to hold their bands into the fork hole.melt but do not just catch fire and wilt, likeThen repeat and apply to the frame, before These pinched the rubber and held it tighta normal lighter would do. Put down lighterbinding on your bands with a band jig or extra until the wood got wet and fell to bits. Then, youand carefully take the ends and face thempair of hands.went and got another.Thus dozens of old Milbros exist for every DeadShot or Goliath out there and is why mostYou can make them shorter and have wrapped handles. snugger as your skill develops.So how do you band up an old or a new Milbro? You WILL want to re-band a new one if you buy one, I promise. You can use the clever plastic plugs sold on the website shop to fit flat bands but to use tubes or squares, you want tabs or welded paracord loops.I have seen leather ones bolted onto Milbros that look awful, but a loop of mil spec 500lb paracord, welded at the ends is unbeatable. Heres how to make them. There is a knack and you will burn your fingers learning how. so be careful.METHODFirst make sure that your cord has a good melted end. To do this, cut off any frayed part, then apply the blue flame to melt the end a little and press it to the metal of your scissors or whatever to make a neat mushroom. Cut off four inches/100mm and repeat with the two new 024SlingshotWorld024 SSW006 How To Weld Paracord Tabs.indd 24 08/11/2022 16:48'