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Tim Marshall (MarshLaw303) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Minnesota
About Me I run enLIGHTend equipment, maker of fine ultralight sleeping quilts and home of the Epiphany. The worlds only vapor barrier cuben fiber quilt system.

Please don't PM me this system sucks. Please email me direct at enlightenedequipment@charter.net

-Tim
CityWinona
StateMN
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.enLIGHTenedequipment.com

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Re: Re: whoops!
some of those double wall cups are big enough to be of use, but of course heavier and have 2 walls. Can i take 1 double wall cup and make it into 2 single wall cup? Or is it such a pain that i ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Snowpeak 900 Ti handle removal
March 22, 11:49am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hot knife buying advice?
when you stack cut with a hot knife your are heat fusing the 3 layers together (melting all 3 into 1). If the layers don't melt together perfectly then there will be weak spots and the layers ...

In Make Your Own Gear » hot knife buying advice?
March 22, 11:43am

Re: Re: Re: hot knife buying advice?
Just learn to sew, it isn't that hard. To me trying to heat seal that stuff together is going to leave you with a piece of junk. Don't try and cut corners on this, you'll end up...

In Make Your Own Gear » hot knife buying advice?
March 22, 8:46am

Re: hot knife buying advice?
I got one from OWFINC.com and it was just a soldering iron. It was useless. It didn't get hot enough to melt clean and left a bumpy edge. I gave up on it right away. I don't think you...

In Make Your Own Gear » hot knife buying advice?
March 22, 8:14am

Re: Allergic to down feathers?
not sure why you posted that. To be clear these quilts use no down, they use synthetic climashield XP insulation. The warmest synthetic available. -Tim P.S. Don't hold out for a price ...

In Gear Swap » FS: 5oz XP and 2.5oz XP QUILTS
March 21, 10:11am

Re: Re: FS: 5oz XP and 2.5oz XP QUILTS
last bump

In Gear Swap » FS: 5oz XP and 2.5oz XP QUILTS
March 19, 3:47pm

Re: Help with pyramid apex
what i have done... cut the sil pieces so they go all the way to the top. Sew the reinforcement pieces on top of the sil pieces(fold over raw edges). So each side has 2 sil pieces and 1 reinfo...

In Make Your Own Gear » Help with pyramid apex
March 18, 7:59pm

Re: Looking for waterproofing compound
why only 80" long? Campmor's sil poncho tarp is 104" and pretty cheap at $45. I think you could pitch the tarp over the bivy and leave the foot pole at home. Since it's bug m...

In Make Your Own Gear » Looking for waterproofing compound
March 17, 7:53pm

Re: Such thing as a hybrid synthetic/down sleeping bag?
The hybrid bags i've seen used a layer approach using synthetic on the outside and down on the inside, not like you describe. You could make a bag like that for yourself, not too tough. I h...

In GEAR » Such thing as a hybrid synthetic/down sleeping bag?
March 17, 5:02pm

Re: Re: Done!
80" is perfect for someone 6'2". Kevin's quilt uses a drawcord at the foot to make the footbox. This style requires more length than a quilt with a round footbox. -Tim

In Make Your Own Gear » New quilt almost done but .....
March 17, 4:58pm

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