Bands

One of the hardest things to build here in China.
It would be easy to use this kind of system



but then it would be very easy to take it off.
We can use something with holes to allow you to lock the band with one of those plastic locks commonly used for chastity devices. But the waistbands that already have holes are a bit odd.



So we're still trying to make our own holes. We've abandoned the idea of putting eyelets on these bands because they look terrible (the back of the eyelet gets deformed, sometimes the front too). We're now working with shirt buttonholes but here too it's mostly a manual job so the positioning, angle, etc. can't be controlled and the result is very poor. We went to the factory to do this together with the worker and managed to improve quality by 30% just by telling him "do it again" whenever he made a bad hole. But it's still not enough. He's saying they need a computerized sewing machine to do this job better, and they can rent it. So we got more material and on Monday they'll give us an appointment to test this new method.

As you can see it's all very difficult and error-prone, we wish there was an easier way to hold this waistband in place securely (at least a tamper evident method).

Comments

By mtspaces at 2010-11-20 15:49:31 Reply

I don't suppose the belt will be water resistant? It might be uncomfortable if the band is still damp while getting dressed. Maybe it should be made of hard plastic.

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-11-20 20:02:58 Reply

You can dry it with a hair dryer it will not be very thick. Plastic would be very uncomfortable.

By fgordon at 2010-11-20 19:58:17 Reply

There certainly exists some pre-perforated band that looks very good (unlike the knitted-looking oddity in the second pic). I know because I bought it myself about a year ago, thinking it may come in handy. I think I still have it around somewhere. The only difference is that it is elastic, which in fact could be even better. It's very similar to the band used on men underwear, except it has nice looking holes - for buttons probably? And it's possibly a bit less elastic than those, and stronger. Unfortunately, I have no idea what it is actually used for, nor its name, and it didn't come up on any of the internet searches I've tried. All I know is that I bought it from a tiny sewing shop.

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-11-20 20:03:30 Reply

Elastic underwear bands are very comfortable, but people said what's the point if you can take it off? So we switched to non elastic ones.

By fgordon at 2010-11-20 20:13:44 Reply

Maybe the elastic band would come off, but the device itself shouldn't, because it's attached to the chastity device, isn't it? And that shouldn't come off anyway. So taking the band off would achieve nothing more than make the device uncomfortable to the wearer. My 2c.

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-11-20 20:33:41 Reply

But it would mess with Canine Mode.

By fgordon at 2010-11-20 20:09:04 Reply

Actually, here they are:
http://www.google.com/images?q=Buttonhole%20elastic&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

By metcons at 2010-11-22 12:29:02 Reply

Why not use a leather strap with lockable belt buckle.. Like those used on cuffs. Comfortable, adjustable and lockable...

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-11-23 05:53:19 Reply

Because there are no lockable belt buckles and leather is too thick and it's not waterproof and it's problematic to import too... but mostly due to the belt buckle. Looked everywhere, the only ones in existence are for suitcases and way too big...

By 6KGuy at 2010-12-04 13:34:44 Reply

http://www.wwlhardware.com/wh-about.htm

I knew that I had seen lockable buckles before. I'd bet something really cool could be made with the stuff on this site.

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-12-05 08:25:38 Reply

Very good to have this! Thanks :)