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Paul, I think I did something similar to Brian, holding the leading edge down with pliers or something similar then using brute force to pull through (bending the webbing as it went, a bit at a time). I may have also weighted the webbing for a while first to form creases, I can't remember. One thing, the leading edge was tapered which would have made threading the first inch or so easier. The webbing I used was very stiff, regular weight belt webbing would have gone through easier. It is "Shimellian" rigging, best as I can tell :-) At 14:08 30/04/2001 -0500, Brian Greenberg <grnbrg@cc*.UM*.CA*> wrote: >Paul Braunbehrens writes: >> Simon L Hartley wrote: >> >> > >> >2) I then pass the webbing through the slot in the backplate (the slot on >> >mine is only 1 inch so I folded each edge of the webbing in and fed it >> >through the slot). BTW I have the loose tongue of the webbing to the >> >inside so the webbing goes in through the back of the back plate, > >I have heard of this referred to as "Shimellian" rigging, after Dave >Shimmel, who proposed it a couple years ago. Folded and then run >through a weight retainer, it is as secure as a bolt. > >> Hmm, maybe my webbing is thicker. There is no way it was going >> through there. Did you use any tricks, or was it especially hard to >> get it through? > >The webbing on my plate is quite stiff. I had to wet it, and hold it folded >with pliers to get it threaded, in addition to cursing it thouroughly. But >it did go through, and it isn't likely to work itself loose. > >Brian Greenberg >-- >grnbrg@cc*.um*.ca* >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > Simon Simon L Hartley RSM Website Coordinator\First Year Course Coordinator Associate Lecturer School of Environmental Science and Management Southern Cross University P.O. Box 157 Lismore NSW, Australia 2480 Ph: (02) 66203251 or (61 66) 203 251 Fax:(02) 66212669 E-mail: shartley@sc*.ed*.au* http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/shartley/ http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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