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Noel Johnson · March 10th, 2007, 09:59 AM

Good morning all,

At the moment I have my wing, harness, hardware and plate in seperate piles in the garage as I've had some mods done to my Portland Oceaneering backplate, and I see a potential opportunity to simplify a couple of things before it all goes back together. The current harness is a 2 piece affair with pinch clips at both shoulders. I want to lock at least one of them off (the left one) as I'm right handed. I know it's not very DIR hence the question(s) below.

1. If I were to make a 1 piece harness, how much webbing would I need to order (I'm a big(ish) guy) and what is the best type material wise.

2. The crotch strap slot in the plate is 25mm, I thought about getting some softer webbing for this to fold in half to go through the slot (if that makes sense) so I can have a 50mm strap here as well, which grade of webbing would I need for this?

Sorry, daft questions and more than a little cherry picking.

Cheers all,

Noel.

March 10th, 2007, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Noel Johnson(Offline) New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Burton-upon-Trent Posts: 64	The slow process of assimilation progresses... Harnesses. Good morning all, At the moment I have my wing, harness, hardware and plate in seperate piles in the garage as I've had some mods done to my Portland Oceaneering backplate, and I see a potential opportunity to simplify a couple of things before it all goes back together. The current harness is a 2 piece affair with pinch clips at both shoulders. I want to lock at least one of them off (the left one) as I'm right handed. I know it's not very DIR hence the question(s) below. 1. If I were to make a 1 piece harness, how much webbing would I need to order (I'm a big(ish) guy) and what is the best type material wise. 2. The crotch strap slot in the plate is 25mm, I thought about getting some softer webbing for this to fold in half to go through the slot (if that makes sense) so I can have a 50mm strap here as well, which grade of webbing would I need for this? Sorry, daft questions and more than a little cherry picking. Cheers all, Noel. __________________ Team Bunny. Depth before Dishonour.