If you are tired of your tool belt coming unhooked every time you pick it up, and are fed up with the metal adjustment bands digging into your gut, try the following alteration. Cut off the metal adjustment hook (preferably with a hot-melt cutter to seal the end of the belt). Now remove the metal adjustment bands and throw them away.
To modify the belt, glue a strip of 2-in. wide touch fastener about 1 ft. long to the inside of the belt where the overlap occurs. I used several coats of contact cement for a flexible and tenacious bond. Make sure to put the hook side of the material so that it faces away from your skin. This will make the belt more comfortable if you work in shorts during the summer.
Refined in this manner, your belt can be quickly and accurately adjusted. In my experience, the fastener has never come undone.
Alan Carrier, Carbondale, IL
