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Alpkit coLAB09 winner...
I forgot to say, my SqueezeBox Stove won Alpkit's coLAB09 design competition earlier this year. Alpkit announcement OutdoorsMagic news Before you ask, no, this doesn't mean that it&#...

In Make Your Own Gear » Squeezbox Stove
June 12, 7:53am
ps
...after years of online posting as 'captain paranoia', it feels kinda weird to be referred to by my real name...

In Make Your Own Gear » Inflatable quilt
June 05, 11:26am
fragility...
> The fleece is quite fragile, which is why I'm interested in Kevin's 25gsm foam with plastic membrane That's also pretty fragile... I deliberately didn't finish the 'pol...

In Make Your Own Gear » Inflatable quilt
June 05, 11:25am
jiffy foam weights
I measured the stuff last night. The 3mm thick sheet (that I use as a sit/casualty mat) weighs 73gsm (vs 156gsm I suggested yesterday; as I suspected, that must have been a guess). The plasma s...

In Make Your Own Gear » Inflatable quilt
June 05, 7:17am
Tate & Lyle
> Here's one I made from a Tate and Lyle syrup tin and an ordinary size bean can. I think the only appropriate response for that is the US vernacular: Sweet!

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Inverted Downdraft Woodgas Stove - My Attempt
June 04, 12:54pm
Ti foil
> I have some 0.005" foil now to play with. The Titanium Goat stuff? What's it like to work with (cutting, folding, punching, etc)? Been considering some of that for the SqueezeB...

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Inverted Downdraft Woodgas Stove - My Attempt
June 04, 12:50pm
jiffy foam weight
My kitlist notes say a 185x52cm piece of the 3mm thick sheet weighs 150g. I'm not sure whether this is measured or estimated... the round number makes me suspect it's estimated. I'l...

In Make Your Own Gear » Inflatable quilt
June 04, 12:41pm
an example heat sealer
For future reference, perhaps: Portable Heat Sealer, £1.82 Can't vouch for its efficacy, mind... Google did the job.

In Make Your Own Gear » Heat sealing very thin polythene
June 03, 1:00pm
Jiffy Foam
Roger, Expanded polythene is a kind of bubble wrap, but it's not made using a regular array of bubbles formed by welding of two layers of polythene; it's a sheet formed from a random mat...

In Make Your Own Gear » Inflatable quilt
June 03, 6:49am
heat sealer
I recall seeing a battery-powered bag sealer in my local 99p Store. It had a heated element, and you ran the bag through this element. It's quite a common technique; the element is usually a ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Heat sealing very thin polythene
June 03, 5:45am

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