Eyelet Setting on Nylon Webbing

Nylon webbing would be difficult for any punch to get through, especially at the thickness used for dog collars.

Whenever I have to put a hole through webbing for my kite building projects I use a soldering iron/wood burning tool with a 'pencil' tip. If you could find (or have someone make) a tip with a diameter the same size as the required hole simply push the hot iron through the webbing at the required location.

I place the webbing on an old film canister when doing this so that the webbing is supported but there is room below the webbing to allow the tip of the iron to clear the material. Just make sure you don't inhale the fumes/smoke if you get the iron too hot or leave it in contact too long. Once it is up to temperature it should go through the webbing like the proverbial hot knife through butter and should take no longer than

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Heat up a metal meat skewer over the cooker top. The old fashioned type are thickest, and using an oven mit melt a hole thro' the webbing. Thats what I use as I don't have a soldering iron Of course evacuate children first as they always want to join in when there is somthing hot going on , in this house anyway.

Claire in Montréal, France.

A two-piece "eyelet" is called a grommet. If you go to a hardware store instead of a fabric store, you can find grommets in many sizes. Each comes with an anvil and tool for making holes. I have used them for Renaissance costumes, where they have to go through several layers of fabric and sometimes boning. The plate that fits on the underside makes them superior to eyelets. The cutting tool is very sharp, and will last through many, many projects.

Teri

If you don't melt the nylon in some fashion, chances are very good that your grommet will pull out. I repair this kind of thing all the time.

Penny S

Hi Penny what's your website?