How to Put Grommets or Eyelets into a Tarp
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- If your tarp could use an extra tie down or peg point, instead of piercing straight through the material and making a big messy hole, let our teammate Ben show you how easy it is to do properly in this video.
You can use this technique on solid groundsheets, canvas fabric or even mesh to ensure that your extra holes don’t fray and spread. This makes it super easy to preserve the life of your tarp or groundsheet.
All you need is a multi-tool, hammer, eyelets/grommets and washers, and an eyelet tool and you’ll be all set to customise your tarp.
Check out the OZtrail Eyelets & Tool Set No. 4 here:
www.snowys.com.au/eyelets-too...
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Differences with 2 kits
1:24 - Create small hole
1:56 - Adding second part of brass fitting
2:26 - Adding the top piece
All these pointless negative comments.
Thanks for the video, showed the process without to much fluff.
Thanks for watching @TheSilentHit, glad it helped.
~ Lauren
Thanks! I inherited a grommet tool from my late father's tool room. Today, years later, I needed to install a grommet for a pull in a window blind I was replacing. This helped me understand how the tool worked.
I'm glad you found it helpful, L' King. The only thing I'd recommend is trying to make the hole a little cleaner than I did in the video, I butchered it a little. ~ Ben
Just what I needed! I own a rain poncho I'm planning to stretch out and use as a tarp for overnighters or as an emergency shelter, this'll do nicely!
I'm glad you found the video useful, Carl. ~ Ben
Thanks, this is good info!
excellent video .. thanks for posting!
You're welcome, Orakel. ~ Ben
Thanks for the tip. Now i do it my self.
No worries @ristomatti kolsi - goodluck!
~ Lauren
This is actually pretty useful. You could do all kinds of stuff with these, especially coupled with a rope kit.
Yep, definitely a versatile kit to keep in your vehicle or garage. ~ Ben
Thank you 😊. Very helpful💕 Your videos are amazing. I love the outdoors
Thanks, Abigail, I'm glad you found the video useful. Happy Camping! ~ Ben
Get a room lol
Brilliant and thanks
I'm glad it was useful. ~ Ben
Very helpful
Good to know, thanks. ~ Ben
I wanna make a water release system for my DIY pond that uses the this canvas. Will there be leaking around the of the tarp?
Sorry @Azran Hazim, leaking around which part? Or, did you mean will the tarp leak in general?
~ Lauren
When I hammer them together they stick together but the bottom part that sticks up does not flatten out How do I get that part to flatten?
The little device used should help curve these bits over, Kats, it's hard to offer advice without seeing exactly what is happening though sorry. ~ Ben
You should get a wad punch with the kit, it looks like a piece of tube with one end closed, it's sharpened on the inside.
Leaves a round hole, a lot less likely to start a tear from than anything else.
That's a good idea, Bushrat, it would make the cut much cleaner. ~ Ben
@@SnowysOutdoors all the kits I've seen have a rudimental punch in the pack. They're not great quality but they do the job.
I have proper wad punches and they're much nicer to use
do you think it's possible to fold and iron it (making a loop) using a regular home iron? or does this kind of tarp doesn't respond well with heat?
I'm not quite sure what you mean sorry, but I wouldn't recommend using an iron, or if you do, only using a cool setting as the material may melt. ~ Ben
Ya usually nylon doesnt take well to heat
what is the black material in the corner?
Its a piece of plastic reinforcing that came on the original tarp @Kaulish Mehta.
Some tarps may have them, some wont - depends on the brand.
~ Lauren
Great video and just what I am looking for. So you still sell these?
Hmmm, we don't seem to have any stock at the moment, I've raised this with our purchasing team. ~ Ben
Would cutting an "X" in the tarp work easier?
Probably, I butchered this one. ~ Ben
All i wanna know is gow to fix an eyelet that cane put of place
I'm not 100% sure what you mean @alex the oreo, but it sounds like you just need to remove and replace it for a new one.
~ Lauren
Is he saying family of firmly?
I'm saying 'firmly', Frank, no mention of families in this vid. ~ Ben
Use a solder iron
I assume you mean that this would be useful to put a hole in the tarp? Good idea if that is what you meant, Les. I butchered the hole a little in this video, I only had a knife on me at the time. But if you have something hot, like a soldering iron to create a hole then you are sealing the edges as you go, making things much neater. ~ Ben
@1:28......."That's not a knife...... This is a knife."
Classic
~ Lauren
I'm a minute in and he's still talking about why one would want extra eyelets. I get it.
Sorry Frank, I'll try and speed things up next time. ~ Ben
Feels like he did rush job. Wish more up close shots.
It was a little rushed, Scott, this was by no means the cleanest job. I headed out to shoot the video, without a whole lot of planning, so just made do with what tools I had at hand. ~ Ben
Cmon mate you can't make this any clearer! If you don't get this then you should be staying away from tools anyway
Delivery is no longer free
This has changed a bit over the years, Pathfinder24Films, it's now free over $49.00. ~ Ben
Shoping
1:49 That not a knife.
It's all I needed for this job, Frank. In fact, there are better things I could have used, a soldering iron is one of the best suggestions I've had here as it also stops the fabric from fraying. ~ Ben
😄😄😄 that was the best part of that movie
@@SnowysOutdoors it was a joke mate, referring to Crocodile Dundee !
What the hell is a Tarpin??? Or am i hearing you incorrect?
Tarp or tarpaulin, also known as a groundsheet. ~ Ben
@SnowysOutdoors ya I know what those are just 100% sounded like you were saying Tarpin or Tarpon
Could he speak English?? Just kiddin', mate!
Haha, I'm getting a bit of grief over this one. ~ Ben
Need to b remove subtitles ,then only we can see it practically what ever u r doing there.
The subtitles are a setting on your end I believe - you choose if you want closed captions displayed or not
~ Lauren
If you’re seeing subtitles, it’s because you have them turned on. Next time try looking at things at your end, before trying to give _constructive criticism.
Your effort doesn't do a darn thing when you are trying to add grommets to heavy mil, vertical, hard-to-reach locations--on say, an existing fabric shelter garage. Those tools you reference suck because they typically have too short setting tools and at times you have to really go after them to get the hole open, and cleanly. Need better solutions.
We weren't targeting the application of grommets for your situation, Norman, it sounds like you need a more commercial or industrial solution. ~ Ben
Learn how to pronounce your "R"s lol
GTgyro he’s an Aussie