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Termyn8or -> Furniture dolly strapping (2/28/2007 2:46:17 PM)
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Some call them hand-trucks, but whatever it's called, it's what alot of people use when they need to move heavy appliances.
That cloth strapping that you crank down to hold the load is pretty strong. I have a quantity of it, maybe about ten feet total. Might be enough to make some sort of harness, one piece is quite long, about six feet or more. The rest is in smaller pieces.
I'm not going to cut it until I figure out exactly what to do with it, but when I do, how do I attach it ?
I don't have an industrial sewing machine and I don't want to use knots. I want a nice flat attachment method. Like if I found buckles the right size.
I own a dolly and I see that when they attach it they use a rivet, but there is like a fold at the end that makes the end traingular. I would prefer not to do that for comfort reasons. Two rows of rivets on the material flat might do it, but I was wondering if gorilla glue might even be better. Is gorilla glue waterproof ? Is glue even the way to go ?
Of course the pieces would get folded over and glued, there would be a ring or something at the end to which to attach, so this would kinda double the sheer mode strength of the glue. Or the rivets.
When they fold it over to rivet it, that keeps a cut edge from being exposed and fraying. I think it would create too much bulk.
Any rivets have their drawbacks, you really don't want them right on the skin unless they are the smooth kind. Pop rivets would never do, even with metal backing plates I think they would dig into the skin.
Now that I think of it I got even more, I think like fifteen feet at least.
So, fellow evil geniuses, got ny ideas ? We gotta stick together you know.
T
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