Cinch buckle amsteel wrap

**Ratdog** · 07-13-2013, 14:32

So I decided on continuous loops on standard 1" cinch buckles.

The triangle cinch buckles were cost prohibitive for a shortrun from my local metal stamper. They would have allowed for a fixed position for the continuous loop but now with the standard buckle, I had a problem to solve.

I've noticed that the chain links like to slide to one corner, torquing the sinch buckle to an angle that offsets the straps from a perfect overlay.

The overlay of the strap material provide the locking on the strap so I wasn't happy about the offsetting caused by a single wrap of amsteel.

Solution?
6 wraps of amsteel around the cinch buckle.
Adds another 7 inches to the continuous loop calculation.

I went with a 12 inch loop, 7.5 inch bury, 1 inch taper and 7 inch wrap.

2 down, 38 to go.

If there is a down side to this setup, please speak up before I spend the rest of the weekend splicing, thx.

**bruinfan** · 07-13-2013, 15:11

that's what I did after I saw Dutch did it. make sure to taper, cuz over time I've noticed that seems like the weakest point. and not sure if I should stitch anything to lock the splice

**nothermark** · 07-13-2013, 15:24

Looks good. I might reduce the wrap count by 1 and work the buried part back over the metal so it basically stays wrapped/locked. Just a thought.YMMV. Milk it good if you do.