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 February 19 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 February 19 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!

[Nemrod]

I put the handle lanyard atop the first set of arms. There are also two bolt snaps there which I clip together. The purpose of the bolt snaps is that they hold the arms tight together and I can clip them to the shoulder D rings to secure the camera for shore diving or climbing ladders. 

 

The coil lanyard goes to my crotch strap scooter ring and is always attached. The short tether lanyard is for clipping to the scooter ring on my BP/wing for three point security to prevent the rig from swinging if I were to trip shore diving or banging into ladders. 

 

The two bungee loops on the outer clamps are pulled over and around the clamps at the grip handles to furhter secure the strobes and outer arms from flopping and flailing about if I have to jump in with camera rig. 

[Chris Ross]

On 2/19/2025 at 4:20 PM, Troporobo said:

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

 

 

 

Any ships chandler should sell something similar I've bought a few like this from our local one.

[Nemrod]

Nauticam clamps can be had with shackles.

 

Shackles can be found lot's of places and in different sizes including on Amazon. 

 

ULCS makes these adapters to go on existing clamps:

 

https://ulcs.com/product/ac-lhc2-camera-lanyard-holder/

 

[Troporobo]

Thanks for the ideas.  I like those ULCS adapters!  I should have clarified that I want to make my own paracord accessories and all my acquisitions are done online since I’m back in a place without supplies.  

[Michael]

On 2/19/2025 at 6:44 AM, CaolIla said:

Hi @Michael

Where did you buy this parts 

?

Thanks
Hugues

 

Hi Hugues,

sorry for my late reply... i bought them online in a german shop: Thal Versand (https://www.thal-versand.de/Karabinerhaken-und-Wirbel/Karabinerhaken-aus-Edelstahl/Einzeln) 

Cheers,
Michael

[Michael]

On 2/25/2025 at 2:42 AM, Nemrod said:

The two bungee loops on the outer clamps are pulled over and around the clamps at the grip handles to furhter secure the strobes and outer arms from flopping and flailing about if I have to jump in with camera rig. 

 

 

 

i do the same with the bungee - it is also really useful if you have to walk a couple of meters to the sea (or go up a dijk in the netherlands or climb a ladder to the boat or else). 

On one of my images you can see one shorter lanyard on the right handle: this one is being clipped in a D-Ring on the bcd and with another short lanyard holding the strobesarms together in combination with the bungees it is no problem to walk a few hundred meters with the kit 🙂