How to Make an Adjustable Nylon Crossbody Strap for ANY Bag
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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How to Make an Adjustable Nylon Strap for ANY Bag
We're stepping outside of leather (mostly) today to add a new long-lasting material to our tool box - nylon! Or cotton, or polyester, or whatever kind of webbing you'd like to use. These types of straps are a great way to add color or reduce cost and weight of a project, they're also super fun and fairly quick to make. With the beautiful assortment of hardware our sponsor Buckleguy carries now (those small clips, omg) these nylon cross body straps are a great way to not spend 10 hours hand stitching a leather strap for a bag!
Use an adjustable-heat soldering or woodburning iron with a round tip to make the holes in nylon or poly. The better ones can tune the temperature all the way from a few hundred degrees up to way-too scorchingly hot; the super cool-guy ones even have a digital display. You can also use a slant tip to do cuts with nicely finished ends. Usually, ends are not visible and do not matter. Properly melting the rivet holes does, however, because it will help to prevent the rivet from pulling through under load. And BTW, thank you so much for your videos; I have learned a great deal because of the time you've shared.
Thank you for such a helpful and wonderful video! These straps look so sharp and high-end, and it's wild to see you demonstrate how simple the construction really is. Thank you! I will be trying out making some of these for some of my bag projects. :-)
Also, in case you read this, I have a little tip from someone who sews with textiles: if you use an awl on the nylon strap instead of punching the hole with the leather, you'll push the fibres out from each other, instead of cutting them. That makes the whole weave of the thing that much more secure, since all the "anatomy" is still there to hold it together, and it might even make the use of the washers superfluous. Just in case it helps or saves you some time. :-)
Thank you again for your many wonderful videos, and all the knowledge you share about your craft!
It's like you're in my head and know what I need a tutorial on, great timing! -- been wanting to make webbing straps for all the reasons you mentioned at the beginning. I went and figured out all the hardware before I found this, but the construction video helps , I hadn't thought about adding the backing for the stretch - thank you!
Thanks for sharing.
You can also use cotton webbing (the ends can be sealed with melted beeswax to stop fraying). It’s a nicer product when paired with leather (rather than using plastic).
I’m learning so much from your videos. And I’m enjoying making some of my first sling bags.Thank you so much
Awesome video!! Excellent example of all the steps needed to make a nylon strap for a bag.
This option helps me. Thanks.
Love the tan strap. Safari day! 👜
Thanks for the video! I've been looking for a while for a deep dive into nylon strap making!
Great idea / project, Eric! Thanks for posting this.
Love the video!!! Super useful info on how to and on hardware!!!!
Good job. When will you offer us a video on the creation of a new long wallet? 👍🇧🇷
Thanks soooo much for the webbing strap video!!!! definitely gonna be referring to this in the future. like the design you made up here. i never remember the leather washer option in my constructions / designs.
Eric, good to hear the change in your voice. You've been sounding kinda down in the dumps lately. hope things are going well and/or improving for you.
I’ve only ever used solid copper rivets. Somewhere along the way I took to the idea that double cap rivets were weak and not to be trusted, but I see them used everywhere.
Just a matter of the thin brass versus the solid copper. Brass single and double capped rivets have never failed me for their intended application.
I've had to fix about half of the double cap rivets I've used. Hate them, solid copper/brass forever for me.
Perfect intro!
I like the strap because I was just trying to figure out if I should sell this or not 😅
Looks good.
I like it!
Love the look of slides on webbing,have just always found that they move which infuriates me picking up my bag and finding it down by myside. Proper buckle and grommeted holes for me.
At one point, you changed from saying that it was nylon to polly, not sure if that was polyester or polypropylene. Is polly webstrapping appropriate for these kinds of bags?
I haven't gotten an answer to that question about veladon.
great video and adding a price point is always helpful, where do you suggest to purchase the nylon straps?
What is the name of the adhesive backed stiffener/anti-stretch product your using??
Wouldn't be easier to punch the smaller hole first in the leather then go over it with the larger punch for the washers?
Where can I get that veladon stuff?
What’s the thickness of the leather?
Can you make one for me and how much
6'8 grandpa is WILD
Wouldn’t the cheap D rings go on the ends of the straps and the swivel-snaps go on the sides of the bag? That way if you make multiple straps for same bag, you only need the two swivel-snaps and many, cheap D rings, rather than each and every strap needing it’s own pair of swivel snaps? Save those pennies!
No. A welded D ring is not liable to break, a swivel snap is. Even though a swivel snap can be very high quality, it’s still a moving part that can be prone to wear and tear, therefore it’s riskier to add a swivel snap to a bag because if it breaks you will now have to do a bag repair which will cost more money than a few swivel snaps.
i'm first!
Do you realize that you can easily melt nylon to seal it by using the tip and the flat plate of a clothing iron standing up with the iron set on high heat? It is much easier than using a lighter.