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02-23-2014, 12:25 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Chicago, IL
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First time buying a rider belt, and I felt that if I am paying this much for it, I should be able to wear it. Now I had two options; 1) I could import an adult extender, or 2) I make my own. I chose the latter and here is what I did.
Step 1: Gathering the Materials Let me start this off by saying that this will work best if you have access to a sewing machine. I went to my local fabric store, Jo-Ann Fabrics in this case, and found the material I wanted to make the belt out of. Since it was for the Sengoku driver I chose a nice yellow vinyl, similar in style to a heavy duty table cloth. I purchased a silver looking one too since I needed a belt for my Genesis driver. I then grabbed some industrial strength velcro, craft foam, and yellow and black thread. Step 2: Cutting and Sewing So after you have measured out the fabric for your waist size, the next step is to begin sewing. This is where a sewing machine comes in handy. All you need to do is fold your vinyl over lengthwise, making sure the outside of the belt is on the inside. You want to sew it inside out so your seam will be hidden. After you get that side sewn, repeat on the other side. Now here comes the difficult part. You will need to flip your belt so the color is on the outside. Just take your time, and everything should be fine. Next, cut your craft foam to the width of the belt and slide it in one of the open ends. The width doesn’t need to be exactly the same as the belt. It will make the insertion easier if you cut it just inside the belt’s width. The foam is being used to give the belt a little more rigidity, yet still maintain its flexibility. Also, don’t worry about having the foam the full length of the belt, as your velcro will make up for the remainder. After you get the foam in place, go ahead and sew up the ends of the belt. The next step is optional, but I went and sewn lines on the belt to give it some design closer to the toy. On the Sengoku driver, I sewn two lines lengthwise to give it a more visible edge. With the Genesis driver, I sewed vertical lines about an inch and a half apart. Step 3) Removing and Replacing the toy belt Using a small screwdriver, remove the six screws from the back of the belt. Inside you will see that the belt is attached by three pegs. Pop off the plastic belt. Next, lay the plastic belt over the new custom belt and mark where you need to punch the holes. I used a regular hole punch to punch holes in the fabric. Once you have your holes punched, insert your custom belt onto the pegs and screw everything back up. Step 5) Finishing touches Once you have your new belt attached, you just need to attach the velcro and you are good to go. When attaching the velcro, make sure that you stick the rougher side so it is facing away from you when on the belt. This will prevent it from getting caught on your clothes and possibly damaging them. Also, slide on the back cover from the toy belt to add detail and also to keep the belt secured. Step 6) Henshin and Enjoy!!!! You now have a custom rider belt that is fully adjustable and a hell of a lot more comfortable to wear around than the hard plastic ones you can import. As you can see in the picture above, you are also able to use any additional accessories with the belt (in this case the lock seed holder). The process is easily reversible, for if you ever decide to sell your driver. Pro Tip: Since the belt detaches from the driver, measure the belt once and then use the clasps to put it on and take it off. |
02-23-2014, 12:29 PM | #2 |
SHF Buying Fool
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,586
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This is an excellent tutorial! Thanks a bundle for writing it up!
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02-25-2014, 07:17 AM | #3 |
New Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 51
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good stuff bro. Just bout exactly how I did mine, minus any velcro and sewing, but it seems to be holding up great. I was trying to figure out the holes for the pegs (as i didnt have a hole punch) so i just ended up screwing it into the velcro and it went right into it.
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05-23-2014, 09:56 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 3
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bump for justice.
Great 101! Everything is very straightforward, pictures are crisp, and it doesn't seem that hard to do- even for someone as uncreative as I am. I just got the Super Best W Driver and am hoping to match what you did with mine so I can wear it whenever I want to. Not having a sewing machine means the sewing part won't be as pretty and will be SUPER tedious, but it's not that big of an issue since I plan on doing black fabric/thread and I have patience. I know I should be doing a nice grey, but black will still look nice and only the most elitist of neckbeards will even call me out on it. I have a question for those of who own Rider belts or at least have a lot of knowledge on them. Are there any belts out there where this mod WOULDN'T work? |
06-04-2014, 05:02 PM | #5 |
Wizard
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 227
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bump for justice.
Great 101! Everything is very straightforward, pictures are crisp, and it doesn't seem that hard to do- even for someone as uncreative as I am. I just got the Super Best W Driver and am hoping to match what you did with mine so I can wear it whenever I want to. Not having a sewing machine means the sewing part won't be as pretty and will be SUPER tedious, but it's not that big of an issue since I plan on doing black fabric/thread and I have patience. I know I should be doing a nice grey, but black will still look nice and only the most elitist of neckbeards will even call me out on it. I have a question for those of who own Rider belts or at least have a lot of knowledge on them. Are there any belts out there where this mod WOULDN'T work? You could probably mod the W driver to do this. But there is a pin the belt rotates on. You would have to wrap the material around the pin and sew it to the rest the belt. Where the pin and the belt connect is smaller than the rest of the belt so you would have cut it to a different width on both sides. But it should work. The Decade and Den-O drivers are possible but it requires work similar to the W driver to be done and a little more disassembling. I don't own any older drivers so I don't know what would need to be done or if it would even work.
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