el-ninio
Contributor
I've been working on my own variant of spring straps for SG jets, and I finally realized that the delrin blocks are a HUGE overkill. as a matter of fact, if you connect the spring strate to the SS backle, the blocks are only used to stablize the setup and to prevent lines from getting hooked up on the spring. no real force is ever placed apon the blocks. and even if they shatter, your straps still work!
you could easily make them out of molded plastic that could be placed over the original backes, with out haveing to cut them off, and it would work just as well (and cost about 1$ for a set of 4). if you make them right, they would bend in the middle, wrap around the backle and lock into place with a molded locking setup. no fudd, no place for lines to get james, and about 15$ a pair
now, all I need is to find me someone that can manufacture the plastic coversm, and Ill be rich :0)
as for mu current desighn: the blocks are made of black delrin, about 26mmX16mmX30mm (or 28mm, I;m still wokring onthe deatails.)
in one of the 16mmX26mm sides I drilled a 12mm hol, sbout 14-16mm deap. I made a grove, about 14mm deap, throw the long dimention of the same side. that I have now is U shaped from the side. I added two hols for scrows (cone headed allen wrench) that go from near the corners of the 26X30 side, throw the grove and into the other side.
to install this, you remove the moving part of the buckle, attach the spring and the cave line to the backle, and then slide the block over the backle so that the spring goose into the 12mm hole. put the scrows through the small holes, and you are done.
I will try to post a picture tomorow.
you could easily make them out of molded plastic that could be placed over the original backes, with out haveing to cut them off, and it would work just as well (and cost about 1$ for a set of 4). if you make them right, they would bend in the middle, wrap around the backle and lock into place with a molded locking setup. no fudd, no place for lines to get james, and about 15$ a pair
now, all I need is to find me someone that can manufacture the plastic coversm, and Ill be rich :0)
as for mu current desighn: the blocks are made of black delrin, about 26mmX16mmX30mm (or 28mm, I;m still wokring onthe deatails.)
in one of the 16mmX26mm sides I drilled a 12mm hol, sbout 14-16mm deap. I made a grove, about 14mm deap, throw the long dimention of the same side. that I have now is U shaped from the side. I added two hols for scrows (cone headed allen wrench) that go from near the corners of the 26X30 side, throw the grove and into the other side.
to install this, you remove the moving part of the buckle, attach the spring and the cave line to the backle, and then slide the block over the backle so that the spring goose into the 12mm hole. put the scrows through the small holes, and you are done.
I will try to post a picture tomorow.
