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I hear there is this guy in Gainesville Florida who sews caving and diving harnesses. Seems the cobblers and auto upholsterers didn't do a good enough job for vertical harnesses so he bought a machine and got to it. I can let you know where he can be reached ;) Paul Smith (904)-376-6051. On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Andrew Cohen wrote: > I did it by hand, suing nylon thread, a surgical needle holder and a heavy > needle. It's strong and neat, but took alot of time and patience. In > retrospect, I should have waltzed down to a local sail (or parachute) shop and > had them do it on a machine. > Andy Cohen > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > > > When modifying webbing straps or patching wings and such, you might look > to your local neighborhood drop zone (under skydiving or parachuting in > the yellow pages). Parachute riggers (for which licensing is required, > BTW) have the heavy duty sewing machines, the skill, and experience to > handle multiple layers of nylon webbing, and have the para-pack material > that is used for many BC's and wing covers. They usually charge very > reasonable fees, mostly to cover a bit of material, can whip things > together in amazingly short time, and will make it so strong you could -- > well -- jump out of a plane with it. The rigger may comment that you are > crazy to do the kinds of things you do in the water -- but you can return > the compliment. > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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