The British version of Wired Magazine online, Wired.co.uk, has plans for making your own hovercraft. Among other material you’ll need a leaf blower, a heavy duty shower curtain and a stapler. The secret ingredient to getting the whole thing off the ground-two rolls of gaffers tape. You can read the instructions by clicking here. Tapenews.com […]
Now that Olympic track and field events are up and running, tv viewers are being presented with images of athletes that appear to be covered in gaffers tape. Actually, this is a tape product called Kinesio tape. It is a stretchy fabric material that is designed to boost circulation by lifting skin away from muscle […]
The BBC rockumentary Iron Maiden-Behind the Beast. Disappointed reviewer Kylie O’Brien complained that the documentary was more about the details of how the tour moved from show to show-packing equipment, backstage meals, repairing stage gear, etc. than it was about the glamour and showmanship that Iron Maiden is known for. After watching the crew pack […]
There are few more complicated items to ship on an airline than a bicycle, but lots of dedicated cyclists want to take vacations that involve biking and they want to use their own bikes. Click here for some tips on packaging a bike, all of which involve use of specialty tapes. The article also includes […]
It is common practice in the world of high dollar super car design to use gaffers tape to attempt to modify the shape and curves of a car under construction to hide the details from the prying eyes of the automotive press. Porsche realized early on that there was no way to hide the prototypes […]
An apparent duct tape shortage in the lower 48 is the result of residents of Fairbanks, Alaska hoarding the precious commodity in anticipation of the annual Red Green Regatta, held in that Alaska city every year. Local residents build boats from readily available materials, which must include at least one roll of duct tape. You […]
The Mission Folk Fest, a music and arts festival held every summer near Vancouver, Canada features a contest where stage techs try to see how many items they can attach to their tool belts using only gaffers tape. Our recommendation is that if you want to win that you start with very small items. […]
According to celebrity disher Perez Hilton, staff for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes put duct tape over camera lenses at the hotel where they were staying in Iceland in order to insure that no one knew about their marital problems. This happened, apparently, after Cruise’s wife and daughter joined him on location in Iceland for […]
Law enforcement officials in Livington, MT cited a Canadian truck driver in a fuel spill incident after the driver tried to fix a fuel tank leak with duct tape. The driver attempted to patch the leak with the universal fix-all before going to sleep. He was awakened in the middle of the night after the […]
In a Youtube video announcing her new album, the singer Pink featured a gaffers tape wardrobe enhancement in order to make the video G rated. Pink gaffers tape would have really been more appropriate. Thetapeworks.com is the internet’s top choice for gaffers tape, batteries, mic stands, extension cords, audio cables and lots of other “Satisfaction […]