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Will anyone hate me for making my fobs out of 1" nylon and generic claps?

Sailerm wrote:Will anyone hate me for making my fobs out of 1" nylon and generic claps?

Absolutely not. This is as friendly a community as you'll find (besides a couple bad apples.) Anytime you can get decently close to accurate without breaking the bank AND by hand-making your layout is a success.

Yay!! I made two sets by eye balling it for both Roxane and I

I'm glueing a metal washer to the hose connector and sewing in high strength magnet to the flight suit to connect it to the leg

I've used a tape measure belt clip to attach the loose end on the hose to the back of the belt

First test with the magnets. The magnet with backing plate with a single magnet is simply in the pant pocket. Not sure if I like how the hose hangs from it.

Just sew the hose connector on; it will be extremely durable and should hang properly.

My concern is more about washing the suit and wearing it without the hose if need be. The single magnet idea wasn't quite right but 4 smaller magnets proved to be a success

I had a similar idea to make attaching and removing the hose from the sewed on connector using a magnet glued into the connector and a barrel magnet glued into the end of the hose. Your solution looks good to me.

It's a common misconception that you can't wash the suit with a hose connector sewn on - just make sure that you use some strong coat thread to sew it on, and be certain to turn the suit inside out when you wash it. For added strength, you can sew a small vinyl patch behind the connector on the inside of the suit. I've been using this method for almost a decade on numerous suits and have never had an issue.

It just seems like a lot of folks tend to over-engineer the hose connector by resorting to magnets, industrial adhesives, and interlocking components.

I'm a rack amateur most of the time building costumes so I do tend to overthink things

I think this is the base outfit going forward

Looks good to me. I'm going to go with the same style of gun belt that you have for my uniform.

What's most common amongst everyone?

Clean flight suit, weathered flight suit or slimed flight suit?

Good job making your fobs. I did something similar using a dog collar I found at the $1 store, and some generic clip hardware.

After several tests, you guys were right. Sewing it was the best option

Looks good Sailer!

I’ve been waiting for over a year for the fobs to be in stock. Would you consider selling a set?

Thank you!

Dang, really a year? I better start looking somewhere else for the keychain fobs then. Otherwise my costume won't be ready in time LOL

Would you be interested in making and selling me a set of fobs?

If so, how much and how soon?

Thank you!