Bonsai Report post Posted March 31, 2010 I'm a newbie here and my daughter was looking over my shoulder at some pics on here and asked if I was able to makea camera strap. One concern is how leather edges will feel hanging directly on her neck for extended periods of time. My intial thought is to attach some kind of padding to that section. Any ideas? Also, if anyone has plans that would be helpful as I was planning on finding one of my old ones and trying to copy it... Bonsai Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) You can do alot of different things. You can make the neck portion of the strap wider then use a 1/8" thickness neoprene on it then cover that with suede (I do this with my rifle slings and it works very well). You can also take some type of chrome tan leather and fold it in to the middle. This makes a flat strap with rounded edges, then sew the the strap on top of this. Makes a nice thick smooth strap that I have scene used on purses and such. You can also make a larger padded area that has slits that the strap rides thru on top of it. the strap rides on top of this padded portion and you can move the padded portion around to get it in the right spot. Have a look around at hand bags, purses, slings, guitar straps ..... any of these things should give ya some ideas to start playing with. Also I would look into getting some nylon straps for the attachment points for the camera as these are usually pretty small little guys. Unless you can get some clips that hook to them with larger attachment points for the leather. Al Stohlmens books on case making have alot of good examples on making variouse straps as well. Edited March 31, 2010 by MADMAX22 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
