Re: (ET) Re: lift strap

[John Casey <jjcrmc optonline net>]

At best I'm a poor sewer and have  successfully used pop rivets to repair
lift straps.

Try a 1/8" rivet with two 1/8" washers.  A pick makes holes in the strap,
push the rivet through with washers on each side of the strap, pinch the
washers with pliers while working the rivet gun.  Washers 'grab' the rivet
so as to keep it from pulling through the strap.  I used 5 rivets.

This works.  Let me know if this needs more explanation. Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Re: lift strap


> Granted, I haven't been an elec-trakker for long......
>
> I have experienced 2 broken lift straps. The first one; the stitching on
> the loop broke, and the second one; suprisingly, the stitching on the 
> loop
> broke.
>
> The first one I restitched using admittedly weak thread, it was 
> definately
> not right for the purpose. I knew this and used it anyway. It broke.
> Didn't take long either.
>
> I replaced that strap with a (used)spare. Then that loop broke. I
> re-stitched it with a piece of wax coated string. It worked for awhile
> then broke again. This time I was out in the middle of nowhere and had to
> get my implement(don't remember which one) lifted to get back to the
> garage. So I tied a knot into the end of the strap and slipped the pin
> through the knot. It worked great.
>
> Later I took the pin out, but couldn't untie the knot. I now use just the
> knot, and don't plan to go back to a loop at all.
>
> I will snap a pic and post it to see exactly how it works but generally; 
> I
> remove the pin that the loop would normally go on, then lay the strap on
> the implement so that the strap would pass under the pin, then I replace
> the pin. When I lift the strap it now thires to pull out from under the
> pin but the knot is way too big to get through and it lifts.
>
> Amazingly the knot also will not pass between the pins and the lift boom,
> so double or triple looping the strap is still do-able.
>
> The knot is a simple once over and through. I'm not sure if it has a name
> but it's the first step in tying a grannie knot, a square knot, or your
> shoes.
>
> On those couple of times that I did try stitching, I used an upholstery
> needle and thimble, an awl would've been much easier.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
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> Hump
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