Punching bag repair

[Patricia Cleveland]

Thank you to Robert Gillispie for his post on repairing tears in heavy
bags--that one goes in my save file in case I ever manage to actually
damage a bag!

One of the heavy bags at our dojang has a slightly different problem--the
straps supporting the bag are breaking, one by one. Is there a way to
mend these straps? They appear to be made of nylon webbing. Can they be
fused together (by heat) and retain enough strength to be functional?

Thanks,

Pat Cleveland
pc...@cornell.edu
"PLEASE don't ask me about my thesis!"

[Robert Gillespie]

See the heavy bag info I just posted, many times these things can be fixed,
but many times it is best to retire it gracefully.

rg

[garry hodgson]

pc...@cornell.edu (Patricia Cleveland) writes:

One of the heavy bags at our dojang has a slightly different problem--the
straps supporting the bag are breaking, one by one. Is there a way to
mend these straps? They appear to be made of nylon webbing. Can they be
fused together (by heat) and retain enough strength to be functional?

Heat fusing will not likely work. What you could probably do, though,
is to buy some nylon webbing the length of the strap, then sew it securely
to both of the broken pieces (like a splint). It wouldn't hurt to reinforce
the unbroken ones, either. You can buy webbing at any outdoors store
that carries climbing equipment. If memory serves, 1" flat webbing has
a breaking strength of ~6000 lbs. If your bag is heavier than that, you
all must be *really* tough.

--
Garry Hodgson A slow winter day
AT&T Bell Labs A night like forever
ga...@alice.att.com Sink like a stone
att!alice!garry Float like a feather

[Bennett Crowell]

In article <25...@alice.att.com> ga...@alice.att.com (garry hodgson) writes:
>pc...@cornell.edu (Patricia Cleveland) writes:
>
> One of the heavy bags at our dojang has a slightly different problem--the
> straps supporting the bag are breaking, one by one. Is there a way to
> mend these straps? They appear to be made of nylon webbing. Can they be
> fused together (by heat) and retain enough strength to be functional?
>
>Heat fusing will not likely work. What you could probably do, though,
>is to buy some nylon webbing the length of the strap, then sew it securely
>to both of the broken pieces (like a splint). It wouldn't hurt to reinforce
>the unbroken ones, either. You can buy webbing at any outdoors store
>that carries climbing equipment. If memory serves, 1" flat webbing has
>a breaking strength of ~6000 lbs. If your bag is heavier than that, you
>all must be *really* tough.

Closer to 4500 lbs for 1" tublular nylon, but the important part is that
it is rather susceptible to damage by abrasion, so it probably won't last
all that long when used as a striking target. Try going to a junkyard and
getting some old seatbelts instead. They might last a little longer.

Bennett Crowell
PNC...@ccvax1.cc.ncsu.edu or bcro...@chemdept.chem.ncsu.edu

[delise....@gmail.com]

Coriaceous.com Fixes punching bags and they are quite reasonable $25-30 The only trouble would be getting it to them. But it is much cheaper than buying a new bag!

[alex.j.b...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, 5 May 1993 01:02:28 UTC+1, Robert Gillespie wrote:

> >Thank you to Robert Gillispie for his post on repairing tears in heavy
> >bags--that one goes in my save file in case I ever manage to actually
> >damage a bag!
> >
> >One of the heavy bags at our dojang has a slightly different problem--the
> >straps supporting the bag are breaking, one by one. Is there a way to
> >mend these straps? They appear to be made of nylon webbing. Can they be
> >fused together (by heat) and retain enough strength to be functional?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Pat Cleveland

> See the heavy bag info I just posted, many times these things can be fixed,
> but many times it is best to retire it gracefully.
>
> rg

Hi - can't see the original post on how to repair bag straps - can you repost/ copy and paste (sorry for being such a luddite)