HAAS imitation

JonesClimber said:
Here is what I came up with. I had an older Petzl basic sitting around and I made up a foot strap and a connection piece for the ascender. The webbing is your standard MIL SPEC tubular and the buckle is an AustriAlpin Cobra Frame, add a piece of heavy shock cord and a mini DMM biner and WA LAH. With a foot ascender on one foot and this on the other you can get up in the tree pretty easily.
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I really like how professional all of your stitching is. Did you do this all yourself and if so What do you have for a sewing machine. I would like to get a sewing machine for projects like this but am not sure what to get.
 
livefreeordie said:
I really like how professional all of your stitching is. Did you do this all yourself and if so What do you have for a sewing machine. I would like to get a sewing machine for projects like this but am not sure what to get.
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Thanks. I sew for a living so this is pretty standard for me. I have an industrial Juki machine, which is on steroids so a couple of pieces of webbing is nothing to it. Let me know if you need any advice on a machine.
 

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Levi.CO said:
Nice! Are those the same buckles as a treemotion?
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They are just a different buckle, they have several ones out there. The adjustable ones on the TM S Light are designed to be stacked together, they also have the ones that you can slip out the lower buckle for donning and doffing, like some other saddles out there.
 
JonesClimber said:
Thanks. I sew for a living so this is pretty standard for me. I have an industrial Juki machine, which is on steroids so a couple of pieces of webbing is nothing to it. Let me know if you need any advice on a machine.
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Thanks I will definitely take you up on this offer! I would love to be able to sew multiple layers of webbing but I also don't want to spend a fortune on something I will be using sporadically. I'm not sure if I need one that will zig zag stitch or just a straight line stitch. Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated and feel free to pm me as well, whichever you would prefer. Thanks in advance,
Tyler
 
yoyoman said:
I'd love to meet you and talk sewing.
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Same here. PM me and let's exchange emails.

livefreeordie said:
Thanks I will definitely take you up on this offer! I would love to be able to sew multiple layers of webbing but I also don't want to spend a fortune on something I will be using sporadically. I'm not sure if I need one that will zig zag stitch or just a straight line stitch. Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated and feel free to pm me as well, whichever you would prefer. Thanks in advance,
Tyler
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The machine I have is super heavy duty, but, it is only a straight stitch machine. You can get a zig-zag machine that also has a straight stitch when the zig-zag is set to 0. You are looking at around $1,800.00 for just the head, no motor or table. Some places will throw it all together for a combo price, but usually it is a cheap clutch motor. A digital servo motor is the heat and you can also get a positioning sensor for it so the needle stops in the up or down position, or you can swap it via a button. ;)
 
winter here's been rough recently for rec climbs, but the buzz is inspiring. :)

i pulled out some thread and needle, broke some needle, borrowed a speedy sticher and went to work improving my foot loop. inspiration from you guys, especially yoyoman and those contributing ideas for rope walking systems.

this foot loop upcycles a tubular bicycle tyre with tube removed and bungy inserted and tacked inside, under the foot to give enough stretch (for the comfortably large bungy diameter)

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pluses so far include, tread on the bottom of boot, side impact protectiono_O, firmness to hold the loop in place, low cost, little stiching required. the small tyre burry held things together reasonably well.

comments welcome on how i can improve this, but don't worry, i'll stick to climbing and my day job, not sewing.

someday i hope to aquire a real SAKA too

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WaitakKauri said:
winter here's been rough recently for rec climbs, but the buzz is inspiring. :)

i pulled out some thread and needle, broke some needle, borrowed a speedy sticher and went to work improving my foot loop. inspiration from you guys, especially yoyoman and those contributing ideas for rope walking systems.

this foot loop upcycles a tubular bicycle tyre with tube removed and bungy inserted and tacked inside, under the foot to give enough stretch (for the comfortably large bungy diameter)

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pluses so far include, tread on the bottom of boot, side impact protectiono_O, firmness to hold the loop in place, low cost, little stiching required. the small tyre burry held things together reasonably well.

comments welcome on how i can improve this, but don't worry, i'll stick to climbing and my day job, not sewing.

someday i hope to aquire a real SAKA too

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Nice job. Necessity is the mother of invention. ;)
 
WaitakKauri said:
winter here's been rough recently for rec climbs, but the buzz is inspiring. :)

i pulled out some thread and needle, broke some needle, borrowed a speedy sticher and went to work improving my foot loop. inspiration from you guys, especially yoyoman and those contributing ideas for rope walking systems.

this foot loop upcycles a tubular bicycle tyre with tube removed and bungy inserted and tacked inside, under the foot to give enough stretch (for the comfortably large bungy diameter)

View attachment 32850 View attachment 32851 View attachment 32852

pluses so far include, tread on the bottom of boot, side impact protectiono_O, firmness to hold the loop in place, low cost, little stiching required. the small tyre burry held things together reasonably well.

comments welcome on how i can improve this, but don't worry, i'll stick to climbing and my day job, not sewing.

someday i hope to aquire a real SAKA too

edit: typo
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Love it!
I never thought that simple foot loop idea would be such a big hit.
I see Stein is making one now and another major company as well. Cool.
WaitakKauri, just one piece of advice...with that loop of yours, don't use the backwards bicycle method, it is not efficient. ;)
 
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