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Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/28/2011, 12:08 am

: :

: I just finished doing the same thing but I used 3/4 nylon webbing.
: My jig looks remakably the same as yours but mine was made of
: two copper blocks I found that had a 3/4 groove deep enough on
: each to fit the folded webbing (fluke and incredible luck I
: know).
: I found that after making ten of them using the propane torch I put
: them through quality control by flicking and twisting and
: abusing the melted area a bit and they all were very brittle and
: broke ridiculously easily.
: After learning this I tried using a heat gun which melted the
: webbing without fire or smoke and these fittings easily passed
: the abuse test. Glad I did this before putting them in the boat.
: I bet this is very subject to the exact material being melted...
: my suggestion do one or two and abuse them a little to make sure
: they are tough enough to go into service.

: dave g

I use the same thing, but after putting the web thru the wood block and stapling it to the wood (don't hold onto the block, easy to staple your hand) I floated them in epoxy for a minute, once set the webbing is never coming out.

Bill H.

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Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to *PIC*
Farback -- 2/27/2011, 9:06 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
dave g -- 2/27/2011, 10:04 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2011, 12:08 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:17 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to *PIC*
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 2/28/2011, 12:45 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/28/2011, 1:42 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 2/28/2011, 8:21 pm
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dave g -- 2/28/2011, 11:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2011, 2:09 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/1/2011, 7:00 am
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Sean Dawe -- 3/1/2011, 7:50 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 3/1/2011, 6:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/2/2011, 1:23 am
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Noel Bennett -- 3/1/2011, 8:08 pm
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John Roberts -- 3/2/2011, 5:08 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Paul MacIntyre -- 2/28/2011, 8:34 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:15 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2011, 2:13 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Farback -- 3/1/2011, 6:04 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:19 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 3/1/2011, 7:05 pm