WHIP CRACKERS/POPPERS

[Pyramid Jones]

HELLO EVERYBODY I recently placed an order for one of Todd's 8ft whips and I am looking for the end that allows it to crack. The popper is what I believe it is called. Does anybody now where I can get some of these for cheap.

[knibs7]

www.davidmorgan.com
www.midwestwhips.com
www.purewhips.com

or you could make your own.

Kyle

[Pyramid Jones]

Thanks for the links I just check them out and I think I will go with Midwestwhips.

[kwad]

Your new whip should come with one already installed (but it is always a good idea to have some spares on hand).

I second the suggestion of making your own. It is VERY easy to do and quite cheap.
All you need is some nylon thread, a pencil and about 4 minutes of your time.

Check out youtube for instructions. You'll be glad you did.

[knibs7]

Thanks for the links I just check them out and I think I will go with Midwestwhips.

Anytime. Glad to help

Kyle

[BullWhipBorton]

Not to take business away from Midwestwhips, but making your own is easy and inexpensive. Basically You can pick up a spool of nylon black upholstery thread for a few bucks at Wal-mart, follow my tutorial video here, http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... ID=5787754 or one of the many other videos out there, Follow the instructions and you’ll have enough poppers to last a long time.

Dan

[WhipDude]

If you crack your whip once in a blue moon...go ahead and buy pre-made poppers. If you are planning to use the whip on a frequent basis, make your own. Buying pre-made is expensive when you look at it. You pay about $1 for each cracker. It takes about 1 minute to make a cracker and that thread is cheap. I use the method that Dan has posted and it works great. I can control the thickness, length, and even make dual colored poppers.

Don't forget the many many other threads (pun intended) around here that address this same topic.

[indyclone]

i have made mine and bought some , depending what i intend to do with my whip , if its more for show during a convention i will put on the dark ones i bought , if cracking at home i put on my homemade ones , if they fall apart its no biggie.

[Pyramid Jones]

Maybe I will just make my own in some ways it might be better.

[WhipDude]

These places also sell popper thread (nylon)

http://www.midwestwhips.com/Accessories.html
http://www.northernwhipco.com/Accessories.htm

[midwestwhips]

Lol, No worries Dan, I would actually prefer that people make their own. Not only is it less expensive than buying them pre-made, but it is also pretty monotonous for us to make hundreds at a time to keep in stock when we should be making whips, lol. Making 20 or 30 every once in a while isn't too bad though.

We had received quite a few requests to make a video on how to make a popper, so about a month or so ago we put one up on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_mtRvN7xk

It shows how to make it by hand, or with a drill (or in our case a cake mixer, lol). I apologize also for the advertisement in the video, but after all it's a business, so we sort of had to. ;-)


There are quite a few different methods out there, but they are all relatively the same principal.

I have to say that BWB's Video is one of my favorites! Very well done Dan, now get it put up on youtube too!

Regards,

Paul Nolan
www.MidWestWhips.com

[Indiana County Jr.]

Very Cool!

Thanks for posting Paul & Lauren!

Crack On!
Allen

[midwestwhips]

Hi Allen,

No worries! We had been meaning to do that for a long time, so thanks to those who asked over the past few months, it helped us to push it up on the priorities list.

We also had some requests for a how to make a fall video as well, so we filmed that one on the same day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdVNj8-ufg

Regards,

Paul Nolan
www.MidWestWhips.com