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Method 2 Clone

Nice design, Aaron. I don't know anything about the type of thread you used or number of stitches per inch, etc, but it does not look to me like you have enough stitching in the key load-bearing areas for this to be safe in the event of a fall. Sorry, I feel like the curmudgeony safety police as I (and others) have said this many times on here, but I don't want you to get hurt or someone to copy this thinking that it must be safe because someone else did it. The main areas where I think you should beef up your stitching are in the overlaps of the 2" seatbelt webbing and where your lineman's loops connect to your saddle. It is not enough that they hold your 200 pounds in the air, they have to be strong enough to hold thousands of pounds in case you fall and are caught by your saddle. There are calculations that you should do based on your thread strength and number of stitches as well as studies showing how some stitch patterns are stronger than others. In building saddles, I shoot for 4000-6000 pounds.

Safety police out.
 
I agree you need to do some more stitching add some box stitches. You need to have stitch strength other than that it looks great
 
Anyone who is going to sew their own life-supporting gear should really study up on how to do it properly. Here is one starting point;
How to Sew Webbing Loops - Sailrite

There are a ton of threads on here about this stuff with some good resources mentioned. Above is only one. Search the site for other saddle builds, sailrite, on rope (the book), thread sizes and stitch patterns. Above all, be safe.
 
drew13 said:
Nice design, Aaron. I don't know anything about the type of thread you used or number of stitches per inch, etc, but it does not look to me like you have enough stitching in the key load-bearing areas for this to be safe in the event of a fall. Sorry, I feel like the curmudgeony safety police as I (and others) have said this many times on here, but I don't want you to get hurt or someone to copy this thinking that it must be safe because someone else did it. The main areas where I think you should beef up your stitching are in the overlaps of the 2" seatbelt webbing and where your lineman's loops connect to your saddle. It is not enough that they hold your 200 pounds in the air, they have to be strong enough to hold thousands of pounds in case you fall and are caught by your saddle. There are calculations that you should do based on your thread strength and number of stitches as well as studies showing how some stitch patterns are stronger than others. In building saddles, I shoot for 4000-6000 pounds.

Safety police out.
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Yes sir, i understand what you are saying and may beef it up. I do know all about stitch length, number of stitches per inch and thread strength.

the main thing holding the weight is the main two inch webbing. Technically speaking the actual mesh isn’t total weight bearing. Even if I beefed it up where the 2 inch webbing came into contact with the mesh, it wouldn’t be where the main strength of the webbing is at.

the important part is where the two pieces of 2 inch webbing overlap. On that I put the 4000 lbs of stitches that I normally do with a W pattern inside two bar tacks. The main webbing is the weight bearing part so I put the required stitches for 4000 pounds.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
 
drew13 said:
Anyone who is going to sew their own life-supporting gear should really study up on how to do it properly. Here is one starting point;
How to Sew Webbing Loops - Sailrite

There are a ton of threads on here about this stuff with some good resources mentioned. Above is only one. Search the site for other saddle builds, sailrite, on rope (the book), thread sizes and stitch patterns. Above all, be safe.
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I know I don’t post on here much but I have read a multitude of threads on here and have done tons od research. I have already watched the video that you have sent.

I appreciate your guys’ concern
 
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