Has anyone made their own harness and if you have could you please tell me/us how you made it and if possible include pictures?

Thank you so much,
Cwoodkiter

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Originally posted by cwoodkiter Has anyone made their own harness and if you have could you please tell me/us how you made it and if possible include pictures? Thank you so much, Cwoodkiter

I have made this one myself.
It can rotate 360 degrees, nice option for the upwinds.

Thanks Mg-Kites and did you also make your own harness to go with your awesome homemade spreader bar? And btw thank you so much for sharing with the group.

cwood-Making your own harness is a solution in search of a problem, I think. There are so many options out there for your needs, I would just grab a harness that works and make your own kites instead!

When you factor in the:

• Tech cloth, superior foams, hardware/fittings, UV/mildew resistant threads, close weave webbing, PU panels, etc. in supplies.
  
• Quality sewing machine and needles to go through multiple layers
  of denser materials.
  
• Shipping costs to obtain disparate materials from multiple sources.
  
• Time and effort to put together something that is at least partially safety gear.
  

You will not save yourself any money making your own harness.

Is there something you are looking for special that you don't see addressed by the harness currently available?

ATB,
Sam

Cheap rock wall harnesses online are $40 plus shipping, but you could make your own. You will need two different sizes of webbing , heavy duty sewing machine needles , leg and waist buckles ,the little seam remover tool ,an extra drive back to the fabric store because you cut them too short or broke the needles , foam pads for your back because the webbing around your back will roll up like a rope , plastic surgery for your inner thighs because the leg straps chewed into you like a chain saw. Price the supplies , double that for pain and suffering and I think you'll find the worst of the cheap ones compare favorably with a homemade one.
( webbing can also be secured with melted holes , machine screws and/or pop rivets)
Keep the questions coming because someone on the forum has either done it or come close to doing it no matter what "it" is.

I was also thinking of using a climbing harness. I don't like the cost of say the PL harness (no intentional knock ) or the way it looks like a diaper when worn. It seems like it would be pretty simple to mount a spreader bar on a climbing harness.

Depending in the safety system your kite uses you might not even need a spreadbar. You can make a simple hook on a climbing harness by putting a carabiner through the load loops and tying the gate opening. This pinches the load loops behind the gate and holds the open hook of the carabiner open. It's very simple to hook a strop in the open hook. This works great for non-jumping land kiting. I say non-jumping because this compromises the strength of the carabiner.

More recently I put the carabiner through both load loops and clip the chicken loop of my depower kite's bar into the carabiner. You can dispense with the donkey dick if it's removable. If you want to pull the kite closer to you, use the smallest chicken loop you can find. This doesn't work for jumpers that want to unhook, but otherwise is highly compatible with depower safety systems.

Philip

For buggying, a rock climbing harness is perfectly usable. Check out this link, the one in the middle doesn't have a spreader bar at all:

http://www.powerkiteshop.com/accessories/ozoneaccessxcharnes...

That's no different to a climbing harness.