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re: holes
Matthew, Thanks for posting pictures of your cone. I guess the issue with the number of holes at the top is down to the fact that you're using a drinks can as your pan, so the circumferen...

In Make Your Own Gear » New Titanium Caldera Clone
June 06, 11:07am

re: intrusive measurements in SU
An easy way to cope with this is to put the measurements on another 'layer', and turn that layer off when you want to get a clear view of the design (Window/Layers). I also create compon...

In Make Your Own Gear » First 1-person tent design
May 27, 8:44am

re: spreader bar
> It's basically two pieces of grosgrain with sleeves sewn into the ends to receive the spreader and grommets for the pole tips. Aha! So you do have a real, stiff bar in there. From the...

In Make Your Own Gear » Input on MYOG tarp/tent design?
May 26, 10:52am

re: stepping on toes
> Check them out, you don't want to be stepping on toes. Bobby, David's made it pretty clear that this is a personal, non-commercial venture, so there are no toes to step on for desig...

In Make Your Own Gear » Input on MYOG tarp/tent design?
May 25, 11:59am

re: foil thickness
Colin, You had me confused for a moment; 'SeekOutdoors?', I thought. Then noticed 'the other Kevin' further up the thread... I've used 0.15mm-ish Al foil, and have manage...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ti Foil screen for small pot
May 24, 11:20am

re: slot & tab joint
> I don't really get the latch by looking at the picture. Imagine a simple, cylindrical windscreen, made from a rectangle of foil. At one end (end 1), cut a slot at the top, close to t...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ti Foil screen for small pot
May 24, 11:13am

very nice...
I like it very much, and it may well just inspire me to find that missing roundtuit... I'm pleasantly surprised to see that you didn't seem to need any side guys at all, even with the si...

In Make Your Own Gear » Input on MYOG tarp/tent design?
May 23, 10:33am

slot & tab joint
I've used a simple slot & tab joint for a number of projects, which works quite well. Each end of the screen has a slot and a tab, so that one tab is folded outwards, and the other folded ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ti Foil screen for small pot
May 23, 10:27am

nylon expanding
> Nylon expands when it gets cold Probably more significantly in this case, nylon expands when it gets wet or damp. Quite significantly. That's why static-pitched nylon flys are saggy i...

In Make Your Own Gear » Tarp taughtness
May 20, 8:54am

pattern
For something with a simple, single seam, like I imagine the windshirt sleeve is, then I'd simply lay the garment out flat so that the arm seam is one of the folded edges, and then trace around...

In Make Your Own Gear » Patterning an Existing Windshirt
May 20, 8:46am

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