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Thread: Larue Sling's Excess Slack- What to Do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ra2bach View Post
    the best way is to heat up a knife till it glows red and make the cut, sealing the threads in the process. don't use a good knife as it will be trash afterward...
    This is what I usually do, except I use an old utility knife razor blade. Hold it with vice grips or some other kind of pliers, heat it with a plumbing blow torch until it glows red, then push it straight down through the webbing. Makes a clean, professional looking cut.

    I like to cut the webbing on a bit of a diagonal bias as well, so it comes to a blunt point on one side. I think it makes it a little easier to feed back throught the buckles.

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    I use a pair of scissors, then run a lighter over couple of times to seal the loose ends, most of the time it looks like it came that way

    Not as elegant as a red hot knife but it doesn't cost anything (ruined blade) and it works
    Roger Wang
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    Yeah, I ended up using a knife and then running a lighter over the end last night. After that I went ahead and ran a piece of electrical tape around the end of the straps I left (didn't want to take too much away) and it looks great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kerplode View Post
    This is what I usually do, except I use an old utility knife razor blade. Hold it with vice grips or some other kind of pliers, heat it with a plumbing blow torch until it glows red, then push it straight down through the webbing. Makes a clean, professional looking cut.

    I like to cut the webbing on a bit of a diagonal bias as well, so it comes to a blunt point on one side. I think it makes it a little easier to feed back throught the buckles.
    yeah, utility knife, old butter or paring knife, cheap boyscout folder, whatever you got that isn't worth anything.

    I use an old paint scraper called a 5-in-1. it's got a bit of a sharp edge but it doesn't really have to be sharp enough to cut. it's the heat the melts its way through the web as you push it against a solid surface...
    never push a wrench...

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