How to Install M1 Helmet Chinstraps (bar tack) - Simon of Fortune

Today I will be showing you how to bar-tack M1 helmet chinstraps by hand.
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[@thurin84]

instead of marking the chinstrap with something, i just stitch a horizontal line across it and then just sew around it over and over again until i get to the end. the stitchline also helps hold it on the bale without having to use something else to hold it on.

[@robertmunoz7543]

Thanks for posting I'm actually looking for a used bar tack machine as I have about 75+ front seams I plan to restore down the road!🤔
Jman

[@SteveMrW]

Good that you are showing the 'basics' in your videos, it is be a great help to those in re-enactment who are either new or just lacking confidence. I do not remove the swivel bales I just sew the straps on while the bales are on the helmet.

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

that's what I did with my fixed bale. Needle and thread without the use of them fancy safety pins.

[@iamsteverogersakacapamerica041]

This will help me a lot when I replace my post ww2 helmet chinstraps on my helmet steel pot for my ww2 reenacting helmet so I can have the accurate helmet straps to be able to snap my m1c helmet liner into my steel pot.

[@plemieux73]

I use tap bar machine

[@robertmunoz7543]

Singer 269?👍
Jman

[@plemieux73]

And stitching was not perfect seeing book the m1 helmet book