ok, got the goodies a lot faster than i though i would, they came in today! first thing i did was try to put on the fiddle, which by itself is pretty difficult. i couldn't quite get it closed all the way with my wrists in the cuffs. so i came up with an assist. i put the fiddle around my neck and closed it. then i took two 1/4" wide rubber bands and put them over the middle of the fiddle, then looped them over again, so 2 times around for each. this helped me get the fiddle closed with my wrists in place. then i dropped the pin into place pretty easy with my fingers. i was kinda disappointed though, the pin is WAY smaller than the hole in the fiddle, so it lets the fiddle open up about 3/16" at the wrists.
i thought it was going to be challenging to get out of when i heard JIMDINI got stuck because of that single pin, but i can easily reach the pin and lift it up and out with my ring-finger nail. i also laid down on the bed to see how it felt like that, and the pin just fell out. maybe with a snugger fitting pin it will be tougher to escape from, but right now, its just too easy.
i need to find a way to have a spring of some sort push the pin up from the bottom so i can lock it with a padlock. shouldnt be too hard to do, since there are screws already in it that i can use to bolt something too. just need to figure out how im going to do it now.
couple pictures
pin has so much room, i can fit two of the padlock keys in the hole with it!
another showing the size difference
picture the rubber bands to show how i had them on there.
For those that get it, no explanation is needed. For those that don't, no explanation is possible.
"Some men just want to watch the world burn" - i can relate to this more and more the older i get!