Housing Lanyards

[fruehaufsteher2]

Paracord was fast in delivering the products and I am ready to go.

 

I measured 36cm from one shekel to the other. How long should be the paracord? 10m?

 

Too short is stupid, too long increases the effort.

 

[TimG]

1 hour ago, fruehaufsteher2 said:

I measured 36cm from one shekel to the other. How long should be the paracord? 10m?

 

 

I use 12:1. So (36cms minus a little bit for the connectors) x12

 

Bon courage!

[fruehaufsteher2]

Thanks. It took only two Teams-Meetings that should have been an email until first try finished

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[TimG]

Yay! Nice job! Doncha love those Teams meetings. So productive. 

[Michael]

I also made some - which work fine for me and my way:

There are two styles to handle the camera: handing it into a boat or carrying it a more or less longer way to the shore.

Also it's not easy to attach boltsnaps to the seacam strobe arms. So i made some smaller modifications:

 

Between the clamps a made a kind of hooks (seacam sells them but you can built them by your own with a pair of pliers and some 1.5 mm stainless stell wire) where a small lanyard can be attachted. This is good as handle but wouldn't recommend to use this to hand it in a boat. For that i have a pretty long lanyard to attach to the housing. It's as long that it reaches up to the small lanyard which fixes the strobearms (i also fix the strobe with a bungee to the arm). Then it is really easy to handle the camera even if the boat group is a bit harsh with the handling. During the dive i put both lanyards on an D-ring (i dive a wing, so they go in the waist D-Ring).

The second one i use is when i have to walk quite a few meters to the shore (like in the Netherlands when walking over a dyke to get into the water). It's sometimes pretty exhausting carrying the camera and the dryuit with weights over the dyke. So i made a smaller lanyard which can be attached to the right housing and the other end will be clipped to the right shoulder D-ring. So the weight of the camera goes onto the jacket and it is pretty easy to walk even a few hundred meters with it.

 

[Troporobo]

I really want to use shackles not bolt snaps.  Has anyone found a US supplier  like these?

 

 

[Troporobo]

I really want to use shackles not bolt snaps.  Has anyone found a US supplier like these?

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:21 AM by Troporobo
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[CaolIla]

Hi @Michael

Where did you buy this parts 

?

Thanks
Hugues

 

[Dave_Hicks]

1 hour ago, CaolIla said:

Hi @Michael

Where did you buy this parts 

?

Thanks
Hugues

 

Don't buy that. Use a standard stainless steel bolt snap. 

 

[CaolIla]

2 hours ago, Dave_Hicks said:

Don't buy that. Use a standard stainless steel bolt snap. 

 

Thanks but I have already a lanyard with this one (I bought it).. I found it good. I want to build other with paracorde
😉

[TimG]

7 hours ago, Troporobo said:

I really want to use shackles not bolt snaps.  Has anyone found a US supplier like these?

 

 

 

Ive bought shackles a number of times like that from Amazon. If you can’t find them, let me know and I’ll dig out a link. 

[CaolIla]

I try to find that on Amazon...  ir's not urgent.. I have other "problems" at the moment.... (put all my equiment in the lagage"  😜)

[TimG]

56 minutes ago, CaolIla said:

I try to find that on Amazon...  ir's not urgent.. I have other "problems" at the moment.... (put all my equiment in the lagage"  😜)

Bon courage! I’ve just jumped on a plane but once home I’ll post a link. 

[SwiftFF5]

11 hours ago, Troporobo said:

I really want to use shackles not bolt snaps.  Has anyone found a US supplier like these?

 

 

 

 

I bought some stainless shackles like that from Amazon when I made up my lanyards.

 

Here is the link to the ones that I bought:

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJH89SZM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:11 PM by SwiftFF5
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[CaolIla]

17 minutes ago, TimG said:

Bon courage! I’ve just jumped on a plane but once home I’ll post a link. 

I've found some on Amazon

PH PandaHall 2PCS Mousquetons à gâchette Mousqueton pivotant en Acier Inoxydable 6,7cm Pinces à Pince de Homard Crochet à œil pivotant pour mât de Drapeau La Laisse du en Sangles d'appareil Photo : Amazon.fr: Sports et Loisirs

 

[Troporobo]

Perfect, thanks all!