Shock cord. Right. There's probably hardware available for terminating the
ends or joining them to make a circle. Thanks, Jake!

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 9/8/2009 7:14 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Its called 'shock cord' and its used to hold modern tent poles
> together...comes in different sizes and colours too!
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     "Scrunchies" are those small circular elastic bungees that are commonly
>     used to hold long hair back in ponytails. They are available in the hair
>     care department of just about any drug store or Walmart-like store. Come
>     in cheerful colors for just about any occasion.
>
>     To bundle together the optional support poles for my Shady Boy awning*
>     I've been using scrunchies, but they are kind of wimpy for the job and
>     before you know it, the the bounce has gone out of the bungee.
>
>     I'd like to find a more substantial way keep these slippery, heavy,
>     fiberglass poles bundled. I reckon it's about 9 to 12 inches around the
>     bundle, the circumference. Are there industrial-grade UV-resistant,
>     no-break-when-frozen scrunchies? Stretchy-strong o-rings I think I'm
>     looking for. In easy-to-find florescent yellow or red.
>
>     Something nice. Not too expensive.
>
>     =============
>     * Mounts on Vanagon, which qualifies this post for drive-by Vanagon
>     content status. Barely.
>
>     --
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     Bend, OR
>     KG6RCR
>
>
>
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>
> Jake
>
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