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This is an Instructable on how to RECYCLE SEAT - BELTS from old cars, and make many useful things.
Some of these include...
A unisex adjustable single strap bag that the ladies will love!!
A small coin wallet for women.
A hammock, big enough for two that also can be used as a cargo net for the bed of small pickups..
A dog seat belt that will keep your pet safely in your auto while you cruse the streets with him or her.
And two belts, one with the Toyota clip and one with the GM clip!!!
In this Instructable, I recycled 50 LBS + of lap belts from broken down auto's for just pennies... For literally pennies I was able to save hundreds of lap belts from the local landfill. Seat belts can take thousands of years to brake down because they are made of plastics, and so it is important to keep things of this nature out of the ground and in circulation where they can be reused. To make all of these things, I did have to buy a sewing machine (7 Washingtons at a Good Will) a hot glue gun (1.5 Washingtons at Good Will) and last but not least, 6000 yards of thread at my local arts and crafts store(1.75 Green Backs). Also, I did buy some Safe to Wash Fabric Glue. This is very useful, very cheap and not necessary, but it is handy when making the bags. Last I did have to buy a few zippers, but they were only $1.25. The single strap bag was just an experiment and because of its popularity I have yet to keep one for my self. The coin wallet was just a random idea. The hammock was actually made so that I would have something to lay on when studying astronomy. The dog seat belt was an idea that came to me when my friends dog got hurt in a car wreck. And last but not least, the buckles just looked like they would make cool belt buckles. In total this whole project that I worked on cost less then 15 bucks. I have found that girls love a guy who is conscientious about the environment, and who can make something that they will wear. DO THIS AND YOU WILL GET NOTICED...
Some of these include...
A unisex adjustable single strap bag that the ladies will love!!
A small coin wallet for women.
A hammock, big enough for two that also can be used as a cargo net for the bed of small pickups..
A dog seat belt that will keep your pet safely in your auto while you cruse the streets with him or her.
And two belts, one with the Toyota clip and one with the GM clip!!!
In this Instructable, I recycled 50 LBS + of lap belts from broken down auto's for just pennies... For literally pennies I was able to save hundreds of lap belts from the local landfill. Seat belts can take thousands of years to brake down because they are made of plastics, and so it is important to keep things of this nature out of the ground and in circulation where they can be reused. To make all of these things, I did have to buy a sewing machine (7 Washingtons at a Good Will) a hot glue gun (1.5 Washingtons at Good Will) and last but not least, 6000 yards of thread at my local arts and crafts store(1.75 Green Backs). Also, I did buy some Safe to Wash Fabric Glue. This is very useful, very cheap and not necessary, but it is handy when making the bags. Last I did have to buy a few zippers, but they were only $1.25. The single strap bag was just an experiment and because of its popularity I have yet to keep one for my self. The coin wallet was just a random idea. The hammock was actually made so that I would have something to lay on when studying astronomy. The dog seat belt was an idea that came to me when my friends dog got hurt in a car wreck. And last but not least, the buckles just looked like they would make cool belt buckles. In total this whole project that I worked on cost less then 15 bucks. I have found that girls love a guy who is conscientious about the environment, and who can make something that they will wear. DO THIS AND YOU WILL GET NOTICED...
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Signing UpStep 1Gather materials
For this step you will just need to find a local junk yard. Most junk yards will let you take seat belts for little to nothing because of the age of the belts, and because they will not see any value in them. The junk yard I went too gave me 50 pounds + for just 50 cents.
Do not go without tools, I found that a: 13mm, 14mm and a 17mm wrench covered most metric cars and American cars.
The most important tool is A KNIFE, a very sharp knife!! With this you can cut out the seat belts, its much faster than unbolting them.
I used a quick dry GLUE for bonding straps before I sewed them together. A hot glue gun works wonders for this. I found this tool at my local Good Will store for just a buck fifty. For bigger things such as the hammock cargo net I used a stronger fabric glue that drys in 24 hours. I did try crazy glue, but it bonded the strapping so good that when i went to sew it, the nettle bent and jamed the machine. SO DON'T USE CRAZY GLUE!!!
SOME THINGS YOU WILL NEED!!
SCISSORS, these let you cut and trim and yeah you get the point...
LIGHTER This will help get rid of the loose ends and keep them from fraying...
SEAM PULLER (you don't need this but it does help) used for undoing seams...
SEWING MACHINE You need this if you want your stuff to stay together, I got my sewing machine on the cheep at a Good Will for seven bucks and it works great.....
FLEXIBLE TAPE MEASURE This comes in handy, but you really don't need it, you could just use an old tape measure that you already have...
Most all these things you could round up for under 20 bucks, and they will come in handy for more then just this project....
Do not go without tools, I found that a: 13mm, 14mm and a 17mm wrench covered most metric cars and American cars.
The most important tool is A KNIFE, a very sharp knife!! With this you can cut out the seat belts, its much faster than unbolting them.
I used a quick dry GLUE for bonding straps before I sewed them together. A hot glue gun works wonders for this. I found this tool at my local Good Will store for just a buck fifty. For bigger things such as the hammock cargo net I used a stronger fabric glue that drys in 24 hours. I did try crazy glue, but it bonded the strapping so good that when i went to sew it, the nettle bent and jamed the machine. SO DON'T USE CRAZY GLUE!!!
SOME THINGS YOU WILL NEED!!
SCISSORS, these let you cut and trim and yeah you get the point...
LIGHTER This will help get rid of the loose ends and keep them from fraying...
SEAM PULLER (you don't need this but it does help) used for undoing seams...
SEWING MACHINE You need this if you want your stuff to stay together, I got my sewing machine on the cheep at a Good Will for seven bucks and it works great.....
FLEXIBLE TAPE MEASURE This comes in handy, but you really don't need it, you could just use an old tape measure that you already have...
Most all these things you could round up for under 20 bucks, and they will come in handy for more then just this project....
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what junk yard did you buy the seat belts from?
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Seat-belt-manufacturers/b/2000000003844/3000000183808/22781.htm