chrisginottawa: Skiving down thick straps with my rare old C.S. Osborne skiver
chrisginottawa: Second bend, flip in jig and bend second bend till legs overlap.
chrisginottawa: What the heck, quick solder of loop ends
chrisginottawa: First go around, installing rivets to connect straps
chrisginottawa: First go round, installed, need a strap attached to U lock to prevent rattle
chrisginottawa: Went for a test ride and the lock harness worked well.
chrisginottawa: Creating a strap that is fixed to the U lock shackle (dia. 0.490”) and goes around the rack support.
chrisginottawa: The lock is secure. Still, I want to modify the design.
chrisginottawa: Lock shackle strap. Need to dye the stitch holes and use a tan colour thread.
chrisginottawa: Brown version, 3.25” wide, too wide for this rack.
chrisginottawa: Narrower blue version, 2.7” wide, mounted on top of rack.
chrisginottawa: Blue version, 2.7” wide, mounted horizontally. Figured out how to attach Velcro with my Singer 29k.
chrisginottawa: Blue version, 2.7” wide mounted vertically.