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 my girth belt progress

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my girth belt progress
« on: Oct 25, 2010, 01:18 PM »
I've started working on my girth belt this weekend. I took the idea from www.tk409.com, he had a great tutorial for making an inexpensive girth belt. Even though it's right out of his tutorial, I'll be documenting the process of constructing mine. I started with buying 50 feet of 1/4" nylon rope from the hardware store. Instead of using RIT dye I decided to spray paint the rope. Turned out ok i think. I then cut the rope into (16) equal lengths. Here's what I have so far....tonight i'll start stitching them together.

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #1 on: Oct 25, 2010, 10:17 PM »
Is this for a Jango girth belt or a Boba girth belt?

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #2 on: Oct 25, 2010, 10:49 PM »
looks to be a good result, will be watching your work and if all goes well i may give it a shot myself, good luck ner vod.

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #3 on: Oct 26, 2010, 08:04 AM »
Boba girth belt.....why?

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« Reply #4 on: Oct 26, 2010, 10:25 AM »
The boba and jango girth belts are almost completely different from each other and I was just wondering which you were making. If you're following the tutorial at tk409 I'm sure it's going to come out great! Keep us updated on the progress  8)

If you were going to be working a Jango one I was going to refer you to my soft parts WIP thread(it's got Vest wip in it, too): http://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=30314.0

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #5 on: Oct 27, 2010, 11:09 PM »
Got the first half of the ropes sewn together...I'd post a picture but it doesn't look much different than it did in the above picture. Once I attach the rope to my nylon strap belt, i'll post the finishing pictures. Hopefully by Friday afternoon I'll be finished

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #6 on: Oct 28, 2010, 10:55 PM »
after 3 hours of working on the belt today, I have sewn together all 16 pieces of rope & have sewn on one side of the belt connectors. I'm about 75% complete w/ this belt



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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #7 on: Nov 05, 2010, 04:43 PM »
Okay, so I'm looking at starting my own Girth belt as well.  How did you sew these pieces together?

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #8 on: Nov 05, 2010, 06:02 PM »
looks grate i was going to try a girth belt with my kit but wasn't sure how to go about it. i think ill be following your lead on this one. thanks for the step by step.

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #9 on: Nov 06, 2010, 09:55 PM »
i like this idea i think i might try it out and see how it works out

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #10 on: Nov 08, 2010, 03:41 PM »
thanks guys....I just sewed together the ropes using a simple needle and thread (sewing by hand). It's tedious and time consuming but turns out. I sewed the 8 pieces of rope together @ 5-6 different points (doing that twice) and then sewing all 16 pieces of rope together at 4-5 different points to make it all into 1 belt measuring roughly 7" thick i believe when all is said and done.

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #11 on: Nov 08, 2010, 03:54 PM »
This is cool to see someone doing one of these. I'm not happy with my current girth belt and plan to do another that is a bit wider to help hide the gut  :P. Hopefully, I'll have some time to get it done this winter when it's too cold to work in the garage.

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #12 on: Nov 09, 2010, 01:54 PM »
Is there any kind of backing on these? Or are the ropes going to sit freely on top of your belly and be free to move individually?

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Re: my girth belt progress
« Reply #13 on: Nov 09, 2010, 02:07 PM »
I know with my rope girthbelt there is no backing, but the ropes are tied together at the ends and in the middle.

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