Webbing heat sealer

[Rich]

Does anyone know of a heat sealer that would weld 1" nylon webbing to eliminate the need to sew when attaching buckles?
Thanks,
Rich

[kodydog]

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.

[Jim101]

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.

[fragged8]

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

[Qwerty27807]

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?

[Mike]

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  ::)

[Rich]

Why 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

[Qwerty27807]

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.

[Grebo]

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

[Rich]

DOT fasteners, yep, that could work!
Thanks,
Rich

[fragged8]

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

[Grebo]

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