SC Armor Chest Strapping

[NinjaScout]

Hi All,

Quick question for those that built SC armor. I am at the point where I am handling the white chest strapping. According to the instructions I am supposed to use the 2" white elastic. That is fine but the hole is cut to 1.5" So the question is - is the 2" white elastic strapping correct? If so I can lengthen the holes on both sides to make it fit. Should I be using the same cotton strapping as the belt box instead?

 

thanks.

[stasz]

2" white elastic. I had to do the same thing.

I think that's just part of the "rough cut" even though Jeff makes it so you have to do barely anything

 

I just did 1/4" on the top and bottom to keep things even.

[NinjaScout]

Thanks, stasz. Better to ask then cut than to cut then ask.

 

Did you just file it out, exacto knife or dremel?

[star-trooper]

Hi

 

Just to confirm for normal approval, 2" white elastic is fine but for Lancer, it is 2" cotton webbing?

Please correct me if I am wrong.

I am almost at that stage in my built also.

 

Thanks.

[stasz]

Thanks, stasz. Better to ask then cut than to cut then ask.

 

Did you just file it out, exacto knife or dremel?

 

No prob. I drilled two small holes, one at the top and one at the bottom of the existing slot, and then cleaned it up with a small rat tail file.

[stasz]

Hi

 

Just to confirm for normal approval, 2" white elastic is fine but for Lancer, it is 2" cotton webbing?

Please correct me if I am wrong.

I am almost at that stage in my built also.

 

Thanks.

 

I've not looked into the lancer specs that closely but this is from the lancer CRL here on the forum:

 

"Side under arm chest/back straps should around 45mm (1 3/4") white webbing ( off white if using off white pouches/drop boxe straps), but for trooping practicality, place elastic on the ends hidden by the armour."

 

I'm not sure if that's a case of different words for the same thing... I've seen webbing used to describe all the strapping at some point. Perhaps one of our lancers can chime in?

[wookieevader]

I think it is the same material as the drop box straps with elastic on the ends so the side straps dont deform where you can see it but will stretch to make putting it on and off easier and able to flex a little easier. Thats my interpretation of what I read

 

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[Oblivian]

This was my hiccup and disappointment during the week. I had already drilled and filed my slots to the same width of the supplied elastic after a glancing look here. Thinking, sure... it'll stop edge fray too at minor expense of possible weakening. Only to find squeezing it is in more popular and suggested there

 

Thankfully I didn't go any wider than the actual elastic.

 

I've adopted the 2" cutin half for now with velcro sewen in. Not a lot of room to move getting on/off so will have to hammer down my sewing and make 1 side strap easily removable or replace ASAP with a similar long length cross type that users have done