Hans,
With bead chain eyes, they usually ride point down (tilting the tail helps, too). I was looking at your video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvmyuNCnGE and saw that you tied them on the other side - how do yours ride?
Regards,
Scott
ps - I really like the look of the purple CDL; may head off to the store for some grape Koolaid