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Pack straps
This is a really interesting project. I've considered this myself. Heavy silk and linen both have good strength per unit weight, although not quite as good as hemp. They might be appropriate fo...

In Make Your Own Gear » Sustainable UL- the straps
June 17, 1:46pm

Heat sealer
Nicholas, For my pads I used a hobby iron that I purchased for about $35: I like this one because it has a thermostat, not just a rheostat like a household iron. However, it is difficult ...

In Make Your Own Gear » ThermaRest-like Foam ?
June 16, 7:46pm

LDPE vs. Evazote
Your numbers seem correct. The floor underlayment foam sheet is LDPE foam with a plastic film facing. It's very light, but it has about 1/4 the insulation value of the Evazote (EVA) foam that t...

In Make Your Own Gear » Did I find a lighter, cheaper alternative to the GG Thinlight Insulation Pad 1/8" ???
June 15, 7:33pm

Wildwood Trail shirt
That all sounds great to me, but then I looked it up and saw a photo of it. The word "Golite", in gigantic letters, fills up the entire space in the upper part of the front of the shirt. ...

In GEAR » Super Light GoLite T-Shirt - 75 grams
June 13, 12:09am

Aluminum Toxicity
Mark, I'm interested in your observations. Do you mean that you see a significant number of patients with elevated aluminum levels in the blood and signs of aluminum toxicity? What population d...

In GEAR » aluminum 1liter pot - 4.5 oz
June 12, 5:37pm

quilt
Javan, thanks for the advice. I'll do as you suggest and make the stuff sack a bit oversized. Dustin, Tim Marshall makes some of his cuben quilts by bonding the baffles (karo baffles) to th...

In Make Your Own Gear » Bonded Cuben down quilt
June 11, 9:16pm

Bonded Cuben down quilt
This quilt is my first and it’s not quite finished. I’m not sure when I’ll get time to attend to the last details, so I thought I’d go ahead and post about it. Given that my girlfriend ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Bonded Cuben down quilt
June 10, 10:26pm

Materials
"Not standard Tyvek house wrap or space blankets..." Really? You say in the video that it IS space blankets. And it clearly is. I can see the fold lines from the standard wallet-sized ...

In Gear Deals » Tent under 8.5 oz.
June 09, 1:33pm

Materials
Wow. Against my better judgement, and despite that last post of yours, I'll actually point you in the direction of some low cost materials, to aid you in your projects. Here is one of m...

In Gear Deals » Tent under 8.5 oz.
June 09, 10:28am

"Tent"
I can see how this design could meet the needs of some hikers perfectly, but "space station technology" and "specialized tyvek"? I could buy two space blankets and a 4'x...

In Gear Deals » Tent under 8.5 oz.
June 08, 11:33pm

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