harness repair

[mitchmaine]

if i’m the last one to know this, humor me cause us old guys learn slow, but i just bought this little belgian. she is so small i took up all the holes there were punched in my harness to adjust down to her. so after an hour of driving holes with an awl through bio, i got this brainstorm and started drilling holes with my cordless drill. 3/16 worked good. say what ya want about computers and cell phones, but the cordless drill might be the greatest single invention of the last century.

carry on, mitch

[Does’ Leap]

Mitch:

How about a cordless impact driver? I bought one to assemble a free-span barn 5 years ago and I won’t drive a screw (square drive) without it (i.e. I won’t use my cordless drill). Effortless!

Good luck with your harness repair.

George

[jac]

Both these tools are real handy and the freedom they give.. I think there is a tool for punching holes in bio and heat sealing it but probly expensive.. another small thing I keep handy is a couple of bull rings.. they can be used if a fitting gives way but doesnt wreck the stitching.. least if its not to big a load bearing area.. used them in halters a couple of times …
John

[LStone]

How about a soldering iron? Works on my nylon harness, I would think it would do well on Biothane as well.

LStone

[Scott G]

I second the heat. Soldering iron doesn’t work well for me (maybe I just have a p.o.s. soldering iron) but heating a nail with the torch works great. Nice, clean holes in my nylon harness/tack that will not fray. With bio or beta I don’t know how the fiber in the core would do with heat. Does anybody know what it is made of? All of my beta is still in good shape and I’m not going to have a dissection lab to find out. If it is poly or something similiar it would melt clean as well.

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