Sewing a loop in webbing

[boundfree]

Hi all,

Thought i'd shew you my (scabby) handiwork in sewing this webbing loop. I sealed the thread with superglue.





Slow process and I broke 6 needles in two!!

I'm confident it will hold...famous last words????

Boundfree

[Shewie]

Hand stitched or machine ?

I've done plenty by hand and they're still going strong, similar pattern to you too.

[Jsaults]

I used a Speedy Stitcher to make climbing "swami belts" and rappel harnesses. Still alive today!

My favorite stitch pattern was a simple

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running along the major axis of the webbing. Easy to do, easy to see if I made a mistake. Can be done with one or two needles as well as an awl.

Jim

[turnerminator]

I used a Speedy Stitcher to make climbing "swami belts" and rappel harnesses. Still alive today!

My favorite stitch pattern was a simple

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running along the major axis of the webbing. Easy to do, easy to see if I made a mistake. Can be done with one or two needles as well as an awl.

Jim

I've done this to a couple of my straps to test, it seems to work just as well as the bar tacked loops ive done with less visible stretch of the stitching.

[boundfree]

Hand stitched or machine ?

I've done plenty by hand and they're still going strong, similar pattern to you too.

Hand stiched, but thanks for considering it may have been machine!

Jsaults, what is an awl?

I'm feeling very much more confident now!

It does take a while, but it is just far more elegant!

[Jsaults]

http://speedystitcher.com/

A really cool tool for sewing webbing, heavy canvas, leather etc. There is a learning curve, but it is not too steep. Just don't saw a groove in your little finger! Or stab yourself. But then again, the best lessons are learned through pain.

Jim

[MacEntyre]

Be careful! You need to use JSaults' stitch pattern, because it is the longitudinal stitches that give it strength! Just add them parallel to the blue thread.

[Jsaults]

Would you happen to have the link to the paper about stitch strength testing done for a caving publication? It was here on HF some months ago, but darned if I can find it!

Jim

[MacEntyre]

I don't know about that paper... I've learned by listening to mentors, including Ramblin' Rev on HF. The local Consew shop owner discussed making bar tacks with me, and emphasized the strength of the straight stitch as opposed to the zig zag. He couldn't understand why military MOLLE gear uses zig zag stitches for the PALS array bar tacks, when longitudinal staight stitches are so much stronger.

If you look at safety harnesses, you will see that they eschew the box stitch in favor or your longitudinal pattern, JSaults. That's how I make loops in webbing.

[SmokeBait]

Would you happen to have the link to the paper about stitch strength testing done for a caving publication? It was here on HF some months ago, but darned if I can find it!

Jim

Jsaults, PM sent.