Has anyone added magnets to manage the panels?
I believe a commercial 2 panel incorporates magnets for this purpose. I can't remember which one.Has anyone added magnets to manage the panels?
Nice job. Need some timber pimp fleece on it.Ok, here it is. Wraptor #3! I made this one out of that green strapping I bought when i originally started working on these. I decided that I wanted to try something different so this time instead of two interlaced loops like the Recon and Anderson I would use one continuous loop and see how I like it. These get easier to make once you do a few.
I have a few items like a cobra buckle on order and some strap to make a belt for it. I'm not sure I will put lineman's on this one since I am 2TCing now and I am on my tether and not using a lineman's. I need to mull that over. Maybe I can get a hunt report from this one soon.
Thanks! I have a 10 inch overlap at the back that goes flush with the outside of the two uprights. So, two of the uprights are 4 layers and all the others are three layers, if that makes sense. Right now, I can orient them any way I want so I have to think on that a bit. If I keep the overlap on the inside it is then supported by solid strap. I may do it that way.NMSbowhunter,
Great work! Where is the overlap of the 2" webbing, as I can't see it in the pictures? Have you thought about sewing one of the ends of the bridge, thus eliminating one of the tri-glides? I know Eberhart sews both of this bridge ends, as he says that once he has settled on a bridge length, it never changes unless one loses/gains a lot of weight.
Thanks. I will keep you updated on the build and any hunts from it. So far so good. I will likely just add a belt so I can keep it pulled tight while I climb. I want it to be a really streamlined, no nonsense saddle. I look forward to hearing a report of a hunt out of your saddle and how you like it. I know what you mean about the difference in using one for a while in the back yard and sitting in one for 4 or 5 hours in the woods.Looks great! I’m taking my green strap continuous loop build on it maiden voyage asap. Fridays hunt was on a different build it wasn’t nearly as comfortable actually hunting with it compared to practicing at ground level. Keep us updated
Right now, I can orient them any way I want so I have to think on that a bit. If I keep the overlap on the inside it is then supported by solid strap. I may do it that way.
Well right now the saddle is sort of ambidextrous, meaning I can flip it inside out or back and turn one panel up or have it down. Until there is a belt or a row of molle loops added, it can go several different ways. What I was talking about was flipping is so that the strap that is the joint on the inside so that there is a solid strap overlapping it on the outside. If that makes sense.Followed everything except the part quoted above. I understand the 4 layers in two of the ladder parts and 3 in the remaining. I guess I'm not following you on the "inside" portion, unless you are referring to one of the "panels" being inside versus outside, and having the outside one overlapping the inside one.
Good idea. I may give that a try and see how I like it. I thought about putting the belt connections through the D rings like on the Recon and not sewing anything to the actual loops. The belt is just there to hold it tight to me, so it stays put under my rear end.I had the same idea as you with it being ambidextrous. I couldn’t find one way being more comfortable than the other. I ended up having the overlap on the top of the outside loop. I added the LB on the inside loop. That way I can just drop the outside loop under my butt and hunt.
Good idea. I may give that a try and see how I like it. I thought about putting the belt connections through the D rings like on the Recon and not sewing anything to the actual loops. The belt is just there to hold it tight to me, so it stays put under my rear end.