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Needs work, per the ad.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/zip/d/singer-sewing-machine-needs/6689663695.html

Not my machine, though, so I'm assuming it's still available.

Seconding this advice. If you're not in a hurry and live near a decently large city then Craigslist can be a goldmine. I'm currently sitting on 4 machines, 3 of which are Singers, 2 of which are...

One thing that my wife LOVES when I get around to making them is shopping bags that stuff into tiny little drawstring pouches. She already had a few so I just modeled mine after those with no real...

All of them. We've got over a dozen peacocks and even with that many you don't see the fuzz floating around all that often. If you were able to capture it all though......It might be viable for...

Where I work we have peafowl. Each year the peacocks (the males) grow out their tail feathers and eventually drop them some time in late Fall or Winter. Then they grow smaller feathers which grow...

I'm open to separating these if you only want one or the other. Price would be $70 for the pad, shipped, and $75 for the sleeve, shipped.

Friday night bump

I'm a tentative yes. We've had some positions eliminated here at work so I might be on-call that weekend. I'm also going to be keeping an eye on the forecast as I am not sure how low my gear can...

Friday night bump

Up for sale I have a Thermarest NeoAir Trekker in dark green & black measuring 20x72" when inflated. The Trekker weighs in at 1lb 4oz and the Sleeping Giant sleeve is 2lbs 14oz and will fit a pad up...

I may have solved my own problem. The calculator changes the oz of down fill based on chamber volume and overfill % instead of taking a static weight of down as a parameter.

My wife is basically a walking ice cube. She wants me to make US a camping quilt that we would be using only for tent camping. I've used catsplat's UQ calculator in the past to make a down blanket...

Seconding these plans. I made a "test hammock" out of some clearance ripstop and was mostly pleased with the results. It was a simple rolled hem edge with grosgrain at the corners to hang it by. I...

Seconding the thoughts on "bulk primaloft". It comes in sheets so far as I've ever seen. It's not something loose like down that you just cram into baffles. Unless you know of a new form of...

+2 microcord. I have the glow in the dark stuff and I can see it through the fabric at night.

I'm a little late to the party, buuuuuuut. I made a down underquilt and had to move the down by hand. What I did was use a paper towel tube with bug mesh over the hose of my vacuum cleaner. I was...

Seconding hollow paracord. It's plenty strong enough and it flattens to give a nice smooth whipped section. Just make sure that you melt the ends a little before you use it or it'll fray 10 ways...

I'm tempted to come out and give it a shot. I have a new tarp and Climashield quilts to supplement my down UQ and bag but I haven't tried them all combined yet. I might try them out tonight in the...

You could go with this if you don't need 1000ft. I purchased a spool of 1/8 and 1/16, each 144yds and am very happy with them both.

I'd jump ALL OVER this machine at this price (assuming by 'missing controls' they don't mean the power cord): http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/app/5889478287.html

Even if it needs a...

And how! I paid the princely sum of $100 for my Singer 500A and learned how to maintain on an old Kenmore rotary machine that I got for free. I wouldn't trade that Singer for any new machine...

I ended up going with a single layer of 5oz. Now to wait for the materials to arrive. Gottaa finish my silpoly rain tarp before they do, hopefully.

Given that DIYGearSupply lists it as a vapor barrier in practical application, I'm going to go ahead and skip it. I'm not looking for that extra technical difficulty in my camping endeavors.

Seconding Tenacious Tape. I've heard lots of good stuff about it being used for this exact type of repair.

I'm looking at making some climashield UQs. I've read that it can be beneficial to use two half thickness layers to even out irregularities in the insulation vs a single full thickness layer. Can...

I've done both single and double. Can't tell the difference between the two when I'm laying in the hammock. I used polyester upholstery/outdoor thread for my projects and am pushing 275lbs, but the...

I'm coming, might be bringing the wife as she's starting to get in to hammocks more.

I'm waiting on approval for time off, but I am hoping to be there.

I just now checked on RSBTR's website using Apex 10 as my guinea pig to get the shipping up to $110. It's 25 YARDS to get shipping that high. Something is definitely not adding up.

Good question. I'm assuming the process used was proprietary as it wasn't mentioned in the articles I found. I never got around to testing any mixes of the insulations myself. My pods ended up...

It has come up before. It's one of the, if not THE, first topics I posted about. End result was, that a 50/50 mix of floofs and down is as effective as 100% down. 100% floofs on the otherhand was...

For what it's worth, the letter of the law on copyright allows a person to create an exact copy of something made commercially if it is for personal use only. Once you try to sell that thing then it...

I've read a few people's posts about how they love their Vikings because they have a 'low gear' on them that allows them to more easily stitch through heavier materials. Do all Vikings have this...

Seconding the cardboard tube method. I used a cheapo dirt devil vacuum with bug net over the hose end, then I slipped the cardboard tube over that and use it to suck up down. I measured out the...

Bolingbrook, IL location has them in. Saw them this past weekend but had to make sure I got a few before I alerted the ravenous hordes. They had grey, blue, and purple in stock, in a stack almost...

I wasn't sure if the higher loft would be a better insulator in a given enclosed space due to being able to more efficiently fill out the space. But, I suppose that if the space is sufficient for...

The only thing that I would note is that changing the overstuff and fill power values doesn't seem to be affecting the temperature rating output. If I have a given volume and am filling it with the...

And here I've been doing all my stuff sacks and bishop bags with regular old sewing machines.

Is that a featherweight I see in the background??!?!!?

I want to try a bridge hammock as I tend to sleep better on my stomach/side but I am stuck on some points. I've been looking at Dutch's spreader bars but I don't know which length of spreader bars...

I may stop by Saturday night, health dependent. I'm getting over a cold and past the worst part of it but have lingering cough that seems to come with every cold. We'll see how it goes.

You put it in your title but didn't explicitly ask for it in the body, however, here is a shot of my campsite when I went to Pharaoh Campground right next to the Garden of the Gods area in Shawnee. ...

They do, however, require an electric cord to plug in to the wall. That's what I took 'power supply' to mean.

I went to my local Goodwill tonight and noticed a Singer 404 there for $7. If anyone is interested and lives in the Tinley Park/Chicago area, drop me a pm and I'll give you the specific store...

AWESOME! Glad someone here at HF was able to snag it!

My gf and I will also be heading down there although we won't be leaving until Saturday. Maybe we'll see you there. I've never been to this area either, but Koomer Ridge is in a National Forest...

For your permethrin needs, it might be worth your time to check any sort of livestock supply stores in your area for something like this Permethrin concentrate. I have used it to great effect on my...

I hope so. I'd go get it myself but I already have a Rocketeer and can't really justify a 4th sewing machine at the moment. Especially not one that comes in such a large cabinet. I'd dump my 2...

Not new to me, but could be new to you. This came up on Craigslist in the Chicago area. Wheaton specifically.

As noted, condensation is a big problem with these blankets. You can't sew mylar. Any holes in the sheet tear out. Add to that the fact that the aluminum coating wears off over time. You'd have...