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Recent content by colby._attack

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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    Maybe I’m thinking about this wrong but doesn’t the first stitch inline to the load take all of the force. With the other stitches taking the load only Incase of failure. I may rig up a test of a single lineman’s loop with only 1” on either side of a stand-alone piece of webbing and 1 stitch...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    I didn’t even think about it that way in having the loops connection wrap around you. I still think that’s not really a solution though because the front most connection of the loop is still basically the same potential failure point. I’d like to test it if I had a way to. But my gut feeling...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    I’d be interested in hearing obviously. My process was basically take a bunch of my climbing harnesses and saddles and looked at the techniques for joining and the way the load was distributed to the sewn joints. The principal thing I learned was to keep all of the joints acting in shear load as...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    All done today! (For now) Finished attaching the leg straps up to the top. I brought them up to the top 2” webbing and sewed them down. Using two decent buckles and a slide stop. Then I attached to top belt and cobra buckle. Trying it on a little bit. I built the loops for the...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    Got some more work done today! Finished attaching the grosgrain. Measured out the 2” webbing for the outside of the saddle frame. Fingered out where I wanted the bridge length to be and then split that down to the middle and attached it to the top center of the frame. With the top...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    My first real thread injection project. After sewing up the first one based of the pattern I posted I decided to go ahead and modify it a bit to make it a single piece per side. So far I’ve got it cut and sewn and am working on adding the grosgrain but am not really sure how to go around the...
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    Here are the 32" wide versions as well. After mocking it up it seems like it will be a little bit more comfortable for me with a 38" waist.
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    Forgot to attach the 8.5x11 version of the document as well. Just print it out on regular printer paper at 100% and tape the edges together. Its only 8 sheets at this point and the top and the bottom are on separate 4 page sections.
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    DIY Kestrel Clone

    I am working on mine right now! I threw together a printable plan for the dimensions that I used and the original called for. I have attached the PDF. Just make sure to print it 1:1 and you will be good to go, you are going to need a decent sized printer though. I have mocked up the seat and...
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