Shroud Line Hole Punch TIP

When assembling parachutes, you are instructed to punch a hole through the reinforcement ring and the plastic chute material. A sharpened pencil is usually suggested. A pencil point can tear and stretch the parachute plastic.

I use the smallest punch on my rotary punch.
Notice there is some card stock underneath the plastic sheet to make an easier, clean punch.

TIP: Instead of punching the whole in the center of the disk, I set the hole to the outside edge. This puts the line strain against the reinforcement disk preventing stretching and tearing of the chute plastic.