WS 27 How to make wrist support leather bands

Foreword

I have old ice hockey wrist injuries that have been "revitalized" by increased tennis and too much keyboard time and mousing. I had the the idea of why not combining a wrist support leather band with a watch band. I started with "SLING I" - a ca. 14 inch long ca. 2 inch wide leather band and experimented. You will find all instructions on the picture pages below. Then I created "SLING II", I wanted something that looked a bit more "civilized" and that I could wear without attracting unnecessary attention. My wife and daughter unisono declared "Your are crazy, that stuff looks ugly!" Motivation enough to continue tinkering ROTF!
Please also note that you will need sturdy spring bars if you experiment with your own versions of SLING bands. Because it is a wanted function for the band to sit tight and to provide wrist support, there is quite a bit of tension on the spring bars. So make sure you use thick spring bars before you go to the hitting cage and field test your band. SLING II had a life test in the tropical climate of Bangkok last night and all went well. No itching due to sweating, nice fit thanks to semicircular tension cuts in the lower section of SLING II.

Facit: if you have no wrist problems, you might want to stick to traditionally available watch bands. But who knows, maybe my experiments motivate you to tinker and try. And if it does that, it was worth my time to create these pages.

Bangkok, August 2006

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Tools and Materials	SLING I Open	SLING I on wrist without a watch	The under side of SLING I	SLING I and SLING II compared
SLING II Open	SLING II Half Closed	SLING II Closed Under Side	SLING II Side	SLING II Top plus pictures of DIY Thumb Brace