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I have a pull tester and I have broken many huggers and straps. Also my wife worked for Graco as an engineer and they thoroughly tested stitching on webbing to make strollers, car seats, and high chairs. The box stitch with a W or an X will have a higher breaking strength. Bar tacking is still very strong but the place it will break is at the first bar tack.
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Yup, already learned some stuff on JellyFish's video!! Thank you!!! Great stuff, well done.
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Hi everyone, and wow, thanks for all the feedback! This was really informative. I want to show what I have been doing so far, since that was basically what most asked.
I made this strap using box stitches, it is a daisy chain system, but two folded pieces of webbing with box stitched ever 4 inches.
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The carabiner will lay right on the stitch, and why I need a super strong.
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Im sewing it using this machine: 17121581_10108683768185809_1557081111_o.jpg using this thread: Swan 210D
I guess first off...am I way off with who Im trying to do here?
I tried an intense stress test, and was eventually able to break it...but it took work. 17105818_10108683686269969_1315754086_o.jpg
I basically hung the hammock, rolled it up, and went to the middle of it and bounced really really hard jerking the thing around and being incredibly hard on it...like literally jumping with all my weight on it. I know not very scientific, and have no real conclusion from this, but it concerns me nonetheless. It can easily hold the weight of 400-450, which would be ideal of a commercially sold one. Ultimately I would like to sell straps and am trying to get my stitching in line.
Thanks everyone!
Brian
Brian, thanks for your report.
Resting the carabiner against the stitches means the whole setup is only as strong as that top line of stitching. It looks like once that failed, you lost the whole seam.
Am I understanding that right?
I'm milking a bad case of eye strain, so seeing the black thread against the black webbing is a challenge for my tired eyes. What kind of stitch is it?
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I am noticing that Eno Atlas Straps (also a daisy chain) seem to fold the fabric over so that the carabiner is not resting against the stitch line. Your experiment is probably why they do this.
Which is reminding me of how Shug always says to put the whoopie on the knot, not on the toggle.
A parallel euphemism might be to put the carabiner on the strap, not on the stitching.
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