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Construction of collar and shackles
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Wanda said some people are interested in construction details for
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a steel collar and manacles that I made to confine her.
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The collar is made from heavy flat steel strips one inch wide and
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about 1/8 inch thick. These are available in most hardware stores
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in lengths of 36 inches. You will also need a small hinge and a
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hasp and staple for each article; I recommend the thin brass ones
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which are designed for jewelry boxes and such; they are easy to
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work with and to bend into the shape of the shackle, yet strong
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enough to confine most subs securely. Finally, you will need some
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rivets to fasten the hinge, hasp, and staple to the shackle. I used
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3/32-inch "pop" rivets; these can be "set" using only a hammer.
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While you are at the hardware store, you might want to pick up one
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or more small padlocks. Quite sturdy and reasonably ornamental
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laminated locks are available as small as 1/2 inch wide.
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The tools you will need are a drill with a "high speed" (metal
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working) bit slightly larger than your rivets, a hack saw, a hammer,
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and a curved hammering surface, such as an anvil. A vise is also
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helpful to hold the work for drilling or bending, but is not
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absolutely necessary. Another optional tool is a heavy-duty
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soldering iron and some acid-core solder.
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The collar is easier to make than the shackles because it doesn't
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require as much precision shaping. Measure around the neck
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with a tape measure, and add one to three inches to the value you
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get, depending upon how snug you want the collar to be. Wanda likes
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a very snug collar, but I have known other women who felt a little
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panicky if the collar fit too snugly. Adding two inches to the
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circumference of the neck will give you a fairly loose collar with
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about a finger's breadth of "play" between the collar and the neck
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(as recommended by J. Norman). This makes for a comfortable
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"sleeping collar".
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Cut a strip of steel to the length you came up with, then cut it in
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half. Now comes the hard part. You must hammer or otherwise form
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the two steel strips into approximate semicircles so that they conform
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to the general shape of the sub's neck and meet each other smoothly
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at both ends. Necks are not perfectly circular, of course, so if you
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are making a snug collar you will probably have to spend a good bit of
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time getting the shape right (on the other hand, this fitting process
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can be an enjoyable time for both of you).
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When you have the strips correctly shaped, bend the hinge and hasp to
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conform to the outside of the collar where the strips join and mark the
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holes for drilling (I like the hinge in the back and the hasp in the
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front, but some people prefer the opposite arrangement). Drill the
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mounting holes in the collar, and mount the hinge, hasp, and staple
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with rivets, inserting the rivets from the outside and hammering them
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out on the inside. After securing the rivets, I like to apply a coat
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of solder over them on the inside of the collar using a heavy-duty
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soldering iron. This will make the collar more secure as well as
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smoothing any roughness which might irritate the slave's neck. For
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additional comfort, glue strips of felt around the inside of the collar.
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The collar can be simply locked around the sub's neck, the tiny lock
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dangling prettily at the base of the throat, or a chain can be passed
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through the lock, confining him/her. Use care when closing the collar
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on the slave's throat, lest the closing metal pinch.
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The shackles are made similarly, though the process of fitting the
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steel strips to the wrists and ankles becomes considerably more
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difficult, since you MUST have a fairly snug fit.
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I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask for additional information
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if needed.
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