I locked myself in my Neosteel Hip belt last night, then locked the key away in my KeySafe for 3 days.

What's a KeySafe? In short, it's an electronic safe that's been modified for remote control over the Web by a keyholder or a program. More details here

Here's a picture of mine:

I've been playing a lot of Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade expansion.

I think I've gone down the wrong path for producing my CB. The plaster covered bone that I wrote about is too bulky for what I want.

I think I'm going to have to take a step back and start over with the other side of my fiberglass cast. This time, I'm going to peel away the extra wavy outside of the bone to make a smoother surface and a thinner structure to start making my prototype with.

Lastly this week, some threads and pics from the great German chastity forum, kgforum.org, about homebuilt composite belts:

http://www.kgforum.org/display_5_2411_66500.html

http://www.kgforum.org/display_5_2411_66474.html

I went to my first class with Janus tonight! Basically a rope workshop where I got to learn and practice some basic ties. It was fun, I practiced tying wrists and a body harness with my fellow attendees and I even learned how to braid rope for storage. Neato!

I usually hang out at the lockmeup.com forum (the link's in the right column).

I was doing some research in the old messages on the forum when I came across some articles about the world's most expensive chastity belt:




First Article

Second Article

Edit 10/29/2006: oops, links fixed now

I spent last night locked up in my Neosteel Waist she-male chastity belt. In fact, it's on for 2 days until Tuesday at midnight, thanks to my electronic key safe and the Strict Mistress program. No real reason. It's something I've had in the back of my head for a while.

Basically, I've spent today testing out this leather sleep sack that I bought about a year ago. I tried sleeping in it and my custom leather hood from Mister S last night, but I've got this thing about sleeping in the hood and fear that I might asphyxiate.

I'm going to try and pop the question to my girlfriend on Wednesday: "Would you like to try some bondage?"

I'll try and explain the safety procedures I'm going to prepare: EMT scissors, panic snaps at the corners that she can reach.

I hope she likes it!

Ah yes, seriousbondage.com! One of my must-visit sites for all the exotic bondage gear the website's owner digs up!

One of my favorite articles is still around: Mya in the Butterfly Jacket.

The rest of the articles ran afoul of 2257, so they're not active right now. What a shame, because there was lots of great stuff in there!

For some strange reason, JG Leathers' re-edited version of the story "Batteries Not Included" has been removed as well. edit 10/29/2006: Oops, it hasn't. Look under Fiction, 2005

Some more pictures of Latowski's visit to San Francisco: http://www.seriousbondage.com/Article-StopThePress/index.php

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So what's going on in belt development?

A couple of months ago, I used medical fiberglass casting tape to make an entire mold of my waist section, and so I've got an outline of myself in hardened fabric.



I've cut out a piece of fiberglass that's a mold of my hip and I've covered it in plaster of paris. You can see the original material in the background

Right now, I'm waiting for the plaster to dry. After it's dry, I'll seal the plaster with shellac to seal the pores in preparation for molding.

I'm planning to join a piece of the prototype lock onto the "bone" using modelling clay and create a 2 piece mold of that whole thing.

This will be a prototype waist section for a complete belt.

Lethargy has taken hold of me this last week. The nights are getting colder here in the Bay Area, and I think this is a good case for my having Seasonal Affective Disorder.

I'll have to mention that to my psychiatrist on Monday.

So I've managed to get myself worked up over the new expansion for Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, The Dark Crusade. Now whether to get it at Best Buy or on Amazon. I have a $25 Amazon certificate, but Best Buy has it for $25 locally and that means instant gratification.

Oh the choices!!!

I've also vowed to have a Champions game ready for my gaming group this Thursday night, so some work will have to go into that too.

Not to mention that I need a job pretty bad right now, and I have to kick myself into looking for one.

The prototype lock is completed!

It took a bit of work to overcome my many mistakes, but I've completed the matching piece for the prototype lock. The saw marks you see on the piece is where I cut the rigid mold in half.


Here are the pieces locked together.

It has turned out more crudely than I expected, but I've learned some things along the way:

1) When making a rigid mold, make sure it can be split apart so removing the object is easier. I had to saw the mold in half in order to extract the second piece

2) Use quick-setting silicone mold catalyst instead of the 60 minute version. And mix properly. A lot of the silicone I poured never cured and stayed in a liquid form.


3) Epoxy resin generates a lot of heat when it's setting. Here's a shot of the bottom half of a water bottle that I mixed the epoxy in. If you look closely, you can see the large bubbles in the epoxy where the bottle's plastic melted. In retrospect, I was lucky not to get a larger leak and epoxy all over my table.

4) Epoxy is niiice. I used epoxy resin instead of the polyester resin from last time. It set with a nice hard shiny surface. What was strange was that the area above the keyhole didn't set at first. It seemed to be mostly resin. After I mixed a little hardener in, it cured properly. I must not have mixed the resin thoroughly enough. I can see where the part is because it's a lighter yellow after curing.

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I went to the monthly Society of Janus orientation meeting this evening. I'm hoping that social support for kinky activities will help me feel better about myself.

Being Measured for a Latowski.

As promised, I'll recall my tale of being measured for a Latowski chastity belt last Saturday, September 30th.

When I went inside the Mr. S store and was pointed in the right direction, I found myself in front of Mario Latowski, his secretary and his interpreter.

They were busy taking someone's measurements, so I took some pictures of their display:


On the left, is the measuring sample. On the right is a demonstration model of an actual belt.
The measuring sample is the outer shell of a belt, but instead of locks, the two halves are laced together at each hip.

When I was measured, I stripped down to my underwear, and wore this wrestling singlet that was provided for me. The measuring sample was laced onto me as tightly as possible. Mr. Latowski them poked his fingers around my hip bone, taking notes where extra needed to be added or removed to fit my bone structure.

Each integrated lock is actually a small padlock inside a square metal tube. The hasp closes around a grooved locking post that extends from the silicone(?) hip pad through a hole in the rear half of the belt and through the square tube. There are extra holes for adjustability.

A very nice design, and an even better example of craftsmanship. The interior is what you'd expect from welded steel, and you can see vestiges of that on the inside of the belt, which has been sanded. But the chrome polish on the exterior is marvelous!


Here's a cutaway photo of the silicone liner. It's not oriented the right way. The right side is what faces the bottom of the belt. The belt comes with two holes that align with matching holes in the liner. The idea is to use a syringe to squirt water down these holes for cleaning.


The penis cavity comes in standard sizes. A sample model for the cavity is shown above.


And here's nobody you want to know and Mario Latowski. He's the one in the orange gi (karate uniform). I have a photo of his friend who was demonstrating his own Latowski belt (and a full leather suit with attached lockable mittens, but I don't think that I should publish his likeness without written permission, a signature.

Yumm!


Thank you, Gothic Image and model Tryste!!!

The belt is a custom early Tollyboy model, according Andy of Gothic Image as reported in the forums of chastitybelt.tk.

Beautiful and elegant in any case.

Oh yeah, and the belt's nice too!

What is it that am I trying to produce anyway? I've added a link to archive.org's capture of Reinholds now-defunct website, www.reinholds.de, to give you an idea.

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Disaster strikes! My impatience from yesterday has cost me! I neglected to paint on that second coat of silicone, so the walls of the mold turned out too thin. I was unable to pry the clay original away from the silicone and the hard resin backing without tearing the silicone apart. Here's the result looking appropriately like a burst bubble.

Fortunately, I have a backup plan. The hard backing that I made of resin is has captured the shape that I need. I can get away with using it as the basis for a new mold. After re-inserting the dowel and sealing the area around the dowel with modelling clay, I have coated the inside with silicone. This will cure to form a mold in the shape I want.


When I pull out the casting, I will destroy the temporary silicone mold in the process, but since I'm only going to cast this particular piece once, I don't care whether the silicone survives or not.

As an alternative, I think I could have sprayed the resin with mold release and used that to cast the piece directly.

Oh well, more waiting while the new silicone cures...

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I'll talk about being measured for a chastity belt by Mario Latowski later.