Making belt loops with vinyl tubing

[dudefromjapan]

Our team is trying to make belt loops out of vinyl tubing. Anybody know the most secure way connecting the ends of the tubing? Thanks in advance :)

[thefro526]

I'm no expert on the subject but you should be able to take the ends of the tubes and melt them together with a heat gun or soldering iron. If you could post up the link or a picture of the product you might get more answers.

[smurfgirl]

If you could post up the link or a picture of the product you might get more answers.

That would help- I'm having some trouble visualizing.

[dudefromjapan]

I'm no expert on the subject but you should be able to take the ends of the tubes and melt them together with a heat gun or soldering iron. If you could post up the link or a picture of the product you might get more answers.

Here's a picture of basically what we're using.
http://www.deebee.com.au/img/product/tubing.jpg

I tried the melting technique thefro526 proposed. It worked quite well. Anybody else have ideas as well?

[Woody1458]

Mcmaster says that there are two ways to do it. One is to melt the ends together by cutting a 45˚ angle such that you have a large surface area to combine. Just make the ends soft and melted with a heat source. (heat gun, soldering iron, lighter, torch etc) then combine using a scrap piece of angle as a guide for straightness. Or you can cut it without an angle and buy these barbed sticks which you insert into both. search "multi-barbed tube fittings " on Mcmaster.com

[Zyrano]

Do a search on Mcmaster for hollow tube round belting, they use a simple gromet and holds the material together very well. We've used them in the pass without a problem. Just cut to lenght and press them together.

[dudefromjapan]

Thanks for the useful input. I'll be looking into these solutions soon. :D