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Mac_NZ said:
Are you using a 90 degree clamshell folder for your Mil-T-5038? I find when you cut it on the edge like you have on the shoulder straps instead of having one continuous binding run with rounded corners you get a lot of wear. Also it cuts down your machining time as its just bind, cut, sear instead of bind, cut, sear, bind, cut, cut, sear, sear. Your binding has jumped off on the back left where your drag handle mates up to the rear.

I really like your back panel, the form really flows but I would have sewn the 2" webbing down in a box/cross with tacks on the end, maybe another row of PALS on the base to increase real estate a bit. The bib being squared off at the edges takes away from the nice form of the back panel in my view as it goes from nice curves that wont snag or rub on clothing to a box.

A feature I recently started incorporating into velcro closures like you have on the main compartment is to have a 1 1/2" gap in the centre of hook/loop as opposed to the webbing tabs. I got the idea off a Crye Gen2 shirts bicep pockets. Its less on your cutting sheet, a wee bit less weight and one less thing for machinists to do. You might have guessed but I do something similar to you for a job. I don't know how it is for you but labour is our biggest cost to make anything so anything I can chop out of the build process without compromising strength or function is a good thing and helps keep the cost down. Being a former Grunt I still feel bad charging guys a lot for stuff.

The helmet cover is really nice. I've been dying to play with one but noone has ordered one as a custom job and we don't have cool helmets down here to build them for, just generic TC-2000 types.
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I do have a binding attachment but did not have it when I made this prototype so I did the binding by hand. The inside curves make it really hard to use the attachment also.
The edge of the drag handle is exposed because I changed the angle of the handle. My TSD (Tactical Stitch Dude) will professionalize the entire assembly.
The small chest admin pouch has the gap in the Velcro to aid in opening without tabs and that will be incorporated into the bib.
On the squared edges of the bib, rounding it or angling it more cuts into usable MOLLE, + it just gets covered up with kit anyway.
Agreed on keeping prices under control for Joe... been there too.
 
SOWT said:
You eat crickets when you drink tea?
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I have to admit crickets taste good, and if you spread a little peanut butter or brie on them their legs don't catch as bad in your gullet ... but they taste better with beer than tea. :thumbsup:

BTW sewing / tailoring is usually measured in English not metric units... fabric comes in yards, right? stitches and weave are measured per inch... 'nuff said. Bad Commonwealthers not using their Colonial measurements but bending to the metric will of the French and the UN... shame on you...


I need a good aid bag... hurry up already.:hmm::wall:
 
I feel your pain on hand binding, did it for years. I have a free arm with a clamshell folder now and I would never go back unless it's a straight line.
 
x SF med said:
I have to admit crickets taste good, and if you spread a little peanut butter or brie on them their legs don't catch as bad in your gullet ... but they taste better with beer than tea. :thumbsup:

BTW sewing / tailoring is usually measured in English not metric units... fabric comes in yards, right? stitches and weave are measured per inch... 'nuff said. Bad Commonwealthers not using their Colonial measurements but bending to the metric will of the French and the UN... shame on you...


I need a good aid bag... hurry up already.:hmm::wall:
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I would buy a fucking American made, one of "us: who made an aid bag instead of some shit from Blackhawk. Fucking supporting our own...

F.M.
 
We contract that out down here.

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