Does anyone know of a heat sealer that would weld 1" nylon webbing to eliminate the need to sew when attaching buckles?
Thanks,
Rich
Your going to think I'm nuts but I'm serious. A blow torch works for me. Turned down low and stand on end, this leaves your hands free to work the nylon.
I usually use my hot knife to cut the webbing. If I don't have that available I keep a couple of old Bic lighters in my tool box. If your cutting lots of webbing a hot knife is the way to go.
I think if i had a lot of webbing to sew for buckles
i'd buy a box stitch bar tack machine.
I can't remember ever seeing welded webbing ? there's probably
a good reason for that.
Rich
This is a good place to start:
http://www.louisagreen.com/weldinfo.htm
Webbing can be welded using a standard heat gun and a 1 inch brass rolling rod (or similar) to fuse the two surfaces together while soft. The results are sometimes inconsistent, and can come out looking ugly even with expensive "pro" equipment: http://www.novaseal.com/heat-sealers/other-sealers/hand-held-pulse-sealer/
http://www.heatsealers.com/c-1385-hand-held-sealers.aspx
For small runs, or low investment, I would look at glue/solvent type solutions instead.
Why do you want to avoid sewing the webbing?
Now that youy mention it I also hate sewing the straps for tops. ona big boat top i never have them but i have to make theesae litlt boat biminis and you have t0 do it ::)
QuoteWhy do you want to avoid sewing the webbing?
Because it's time consuming to run stitches on 1" webbing, backtacking and then clipping the excess threads. I thought that a heat sealer would quickly fuse two layers of webbing. The application doesn't require a lot of strength, but I know that fused nylon webbing can be quite strong.
Rich
Fabric rivets or industrial staples would do the job if only limited strength is all that is required. Probably much faster than glue as well.
Just a thought.
Quote from: Qwerty27807 on March 08, 2012, 06:56:14 pm
Fabric rivets or industrial staples would do the job if only limited strength is all that is required. Probably much faster than glue as well.
Just a thought.
Same theme, snaps ( as joiners not as snaps) / studs !
Suzi
DOT fasteners, yep, that could work!
Thanks,
Rich
I have used snaps on webbing, a cap and socket.
I much prefer sewing them though, a box stitch bar tack machine will do one in about
2 seconds.
http://youtu.be/vv-cyovV_hg
Quote from: fragged8 on March 10, 2012, 02:28:13 pm
I have used snaps on webbing, a cap and socket.
I much prefer sewing them though, a box stitch bar tack machine will do one in about
2 seconds.
http://youtu.be/vv-cyovV_hg
:o That's a bobbin.
:P So how many straps would you have to stitch to pay for that then Fragged ???
Suzi