my first was a rain cover for my pack. worked ok so I moved on to a hammock and then an underquilt from a poncho liner. no the coolest stuff but cheap and effective.
my first was a rain cover for my pack. worked ok so I moved on to a hammock and then an underquilt from a poncho liner. no the coolest stuff but cheap and effective.
That is awesome!!!!
Jerry
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Made an ul hiking backpack. Unless you count the countless hours of research I did to build the best alcohol stove. The pack looks great, just needs some suspension work so it doesnt destroy my spine
beer can stoves were first, then I made a new pack for an aluminum frame, it's massive. Then I went on to hammocking.
4 hammocks
4 bug nets
4 sets of whoops
4 sets of tree straps
a hammock chair
3 under quilts (2 recycled sleeping bag, 1 alpaca from scratch, a 4th in production)
started a bridge hammock.
The Mammoth:
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Last edited by Beckyinma; 10-10-2014 at 09:58.
I had zero experience with a sewing machine, but I went to Walmart and bought an $80 Brother. I was inspire by some creative folks on Backpackinglight.
My first was to mod a MSR floorless TEPEE tent. I sewed a strip of netting around the perimeter. In the same material order from Thru-hiker, I bought 1.1 ripstop and climashield and made a synthetic top quilt. Those were my ground dwelling days. I haven't used that tent in 5 years and one of my sons has the top quilt.
Mike
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Pop can alcohol penny stove.
Wood gas stove from an unused paint can and a Progresso soup can. Then a hammock, bug net, another hammock, another hammock, another bug net, then another bug net, then various alcohol stoves.Some projects turned out better than others.
Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!
My first was the soda can alcohol stove. My first diy hammock was fixing sewing machines.
I started big... My first project was a full length, down UQ with 2" baffles. It took about 22 hours total but you can imagine how much easier all of my projects have been since then!
Last edited by CC_Cinci; 10-12-2014 at 18:30.
nice pics, which is your favorite project?
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