[Swansea Hackspace] Attaching Rubber (or other leather alternatives) to Straps

[Matthew Daubney]

Thanks Andy!

Those strap locks look a bit like the things I know as jesus clips, if they
work that well they should do the job.

I had a look at the straps on etsy and a few places, but they're all the
money (sometimes mostly in shipping!), so I'd like to have a go at one
myself.

I hadn't thought of pleather. I have (half of) an old desk chair kicking
around I'm certain is that, so instead of going to the tip this week it's
gonna be attacked with a knife and then go to the tip. Now I just need some
strapping.. don't suppose anyones get any old seat belts kicking around :)

On 12 August 2018 at 12:13, Andy Rush <Andymrush at live.co.uk> wrote:

> Hey Matt!
>
> At last, a question I know something about.
>
> Well, there's a couple of options.
>
> If you want to go with complete DIY, split rings are an effective-ish way
> to hook a strap onto a strap post. I say effective-ish, because the larger
> diameter of the split rings compared to the average post mean that the only
> thing really holding the guitar on is the weight of the guitar itself. If
> you've got a lightweight acoustic, move too often and it will fall off. if
> you've got a solidbody electric, it'll hold, unless you're doing Van
> Halen/Angus Young/any 80's lead axeman type energetic stange antics. You
> could mitigate that by adding a flat strap lock (I reccomend 3D printing
> one rather than getting Schallers, they look fancy but are a PITA long
> term. Thingiverse has a few designs
> <https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=strap+lock&dwh=275b70107a7b864>you
> could use https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=strap+lock&dwh=
> 275b70107a7b864)
>
> Alternatively, if leather doesn't work for you, try pleather. Most
> cheap/beginner's guitars come with PVC leather bits for the straps. they're
> usually really poorly made and can be made to collapse by glaring in their
> general direction, but that's mainly down to poor/cheap construction rather
> than the material itself. if you reinforce it properly, PVC leather is as
> good as leather itself for that job.
>
> If DIY doesn't appeal to you, there's a fair amount of buying options.
> just google Vegan Guitar Straps or Leather Free Guitar Straps, there's a
> fairly wide range out there, from custom etsy stuff to high end straps from
> California. price range is anywhere between 15-100 quid.
>
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Andy (lightsabers)
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Hackspace <hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> on behalf
> of Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk>
> *Sent:* 12 August 2018 10:01
> *To:* Swansea Hackspace
> *Subject:* [Swansea Hackspace] Attaching Rubber (or other leather
> alternatives) to Straps
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm still on a bit of a crusade to not buy/use leather and other animal
> derived products and have been looking around at guitar straps. Most of
> them have a leather piece where the guitar attaches to the strap, and since
> they seem relatively simple, I'm trying to make something without the
> leather piece.
>
> The leather piece has to take the strain from the connection to the
> guitar. By default these are basically button holes, but I'm not averse to
> replacing these with some "proper" strap locks if necessary (see
> https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Schaller-Security-Strap-
> Locks-Chrome/dp/B000L3FPUG/ref=lp_1652465031_1_1?srs=
> 1652465031&ie=UTF8&qid=1534064399&sr=8-1 ).
>
> I'm guessing fairly firm rubber would be ok for this? Are there any better
> materials around? If not, can I "just" attach rubber to straps by stitching?
>
> Thank you :)
>
> Matt Daubney
>
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