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seam classifications
I've posted this before: http://www.amefird.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Seam-Type.pdf But there's a problem: getting people to agree to use the same language. No one says 'an LS...

In Make Your Own Gear » Finishing/reinforcing seams on a pack
May 07, 9:23pm
Re: Re: Bad?
Even a light weight seam binding (like nylon grosgrain) will increase the stiffness of a seam. That means you can build shapes that are a little bit more likely to stay in that shape, which makes ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Finishing/reinforcing seams on a pack
May 06, 6:22pm
Re: thread
Corespun threads consist of a continuous filament core (heat or chemically set polyester, for the threads under discussion here) which has staple (meaning shortish pieces of small diamter fiber, th...

In Make Your Own Gear » Polyester Core-Spun Thread Source
May 02, 10:14pm
Re: Sil Nylon Cutting
What you want are 'bent handled trimmers'. The bent handle lets you use them with the bottom blade on the table. The best way to do single layer cutting is trace your pattern onto the fab...

In Make Your Own Gear » Sil Nylon Cutting
May 02, 7:45pm
Re: wow
Doing things right at the design stage is always easier than doing them afterwards. Buying a jacket with pit zips and selling (or returning, if you haven't worn it) the one you've got woul...

In Make Your Own Gear » need pit zips installed
April 20, 11:44am
Re: Having trouble drilling Aluminum
sharp bits, slow speed, slow feed, use a cutting fluid. Most aluminum is easy to drill holes in.

In Make Your Own Gear » Having trouble drilling Aluminum
April 14, 12:39pm
Re: TMI confusion
I just weighed a three foot long, two way jacket zipper. Made of #5 Vislon teeth, metal sliders, metal pulls. Two of them, and a rubber band holding them together, weigh 62 grams, 2.2 oz. That&#...

In Make Your Own Gear » Bag to Quilt: What is avg weight of full length down bag zipper?
April 14, 12:08pm
baffles are good
I had for a while an baffled down comforter.[1] It required regular shaking to get the down even approximately evenly distributed, daily, sometimes in the middle of the night. Hard to do with a q...

In Make Your Own Gear » It's...Alive! My weird hybrid quilt monster. (please, no pics, you will frighten it)
April 13, 10:19am
telephones....
There was a reason I gave a phone number, and not a url. Call them. If they can't make it (I'm pretty sure they can), they probably can tell you who can.

In Make Your Own Gear » 2-way sep'g coil zips - #3
March 19, 6:35pm
Re: Re: removable door zips
Many sleeping bags have separating zips, as it makes it possible to zip two bags together, making it easier to be friendly with your tent mate.

In Make Your Own Gear » 2-way sep'g coil zips - #3
March 17, 9:13pm

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