Nylon bridle adaption..

[Sparrowette]

i don’t know if adaptation is the correct word…

Anyway - I have a nice nylon bridle I got from Big Dee’s. It’s fine, except that it was made for thoroughbreds, and I have an ASB. So - I need to take up the throatlatch a bit.

What is the best way to add a hole to the throatlatch on a nylon bridle? There will be some heat involved to keep things from shredding, but I’m not sure on how to proceed.

If it were a leather bridle, I’d just grab the hole-punch.

All help appreciated.

[macmtn]

A pair of vice grip pliers, small smooth nail and a heat source ( blow torch or gas stove flame)
Clamp the nail so it’s solid in the pliers. heat and melt through the webbing. No need to cut a hole in it first.

[moving_to_dc]

[QUOTE=macmtn;8912018]
A pair of vice grip pliers, small smooth nail and a heat source ( blow torch or gas stove flame)
Clamp the nail so it’s solid in the pliers. heat and melt through the webbing. No need to cut a hole in it first.[/QUOTE]

I use the same technique, but do not use vice grips. I just use the el-cheapo pliers out of the $15 tool kit I keep in the kitchen. I don’t hold on to the nail as it is heating up, I just set it on the burner. Turn burner off, pick up nail, make hole.

[crosscreeksh]

I use a small drill on a cordless drill to make the hole…THEN singe the hole as mentioned above. A bit faster than just burning the hole. I also use the drill to do ALL of my leather hole punching!! A whole lot easier than a hole punch tool!!

[Dee-Vee]

Soldering iron

[Dani]

[QUOTE=crosscreeksh;8912455]
I use a small drill on a cordless drill to make the hole…THEN singe the hole as mentioned above. A bit faster than just burning the hole. I also use the drill to do ALL of my leather hole punching!! A whole lot easier than a hole punch tool!![/QUOTE]

Drills wreck leather. It messed up the fiber structure around the hole you’ve made and can make it extremely weak. Cutting the fibers is much better than drilling in to the leather.

[macmtn]

Burning the hole with a nail melts the excess poly and creates a built in reinforcement around the hole. Cut out the hole then melting just the edges creates a much weaker hole, and you get buckle hole blowout

Dani is correct…drilling a hole in leather is messy and weakens the leather.