gunn parker
Look at a gearskin pack. Start at SGT Rock's hiking headquarters.
It's a strip of material roughly 12 x 60 with straps. It folds around your gear and buckles up.
There are pictures of my attempt in the gallery. search user name "teblum"
Mine worked fine for a week long hike in May
Right on. My first project was a Speer style hammock, then I jumped to make a G4 pack, which was way to much. So I made more hammocks, then moved up to making a gearskin. Gearskins are easy cause it's just a compression system with backpack straps.Originally Posted by Preacha Man
Sewing has more to do with clear thinking than anything else.
lvleph's list is a good list of projects starting form easiest to hardest.
Keep in mind whenever you make something, after testing find what works and what doesn't. This motivates you to make a next generation item, and a next and a next. It never stops. Once you start down the dark path. . .
I first started out with making stuff sacks. Lots and lots of stuff sacks. Then I made a few hammocks, skins, and then a cat cut tarp.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
Thanks for all the replies. I have my sights set on a few stuff sacks now. Probably convert one over to a Blackbishop sack as well.
I was wondering on suggestions for getting fabric outside of getting lucky at Walmart since I don't think I would know what I am looking at. I think I have seen a thread or two in the past that described different vendors but I can't seem to find it now.
One place to start looking is to order from Speer. Scroll down to the 'Make Your Own Hammock Supplies' section.
Another vendor would be Thru-Hiker.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
Also Quest Outfitters
There's a great list of supplies vendors on Just Jeff's site: http://www.tothewoods.net/JeffsHikingPage.html. (Look under Gear-Making Links)
I asked once if he would move it over here, but that hasn't happened.
Last edited by NCPatrick; 08-29-2007 at 08:13.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Check Ebay also:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...e=search&fgtp=
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
FWIW, my progression so far has been:
Sewing lessons from Blackbishop while <ahem> "helping" make my BlackCat tarp, then lessons again and help from BB sewing a ray-way quilt and stuff sack after I bought my own machine, then lots of hemming/sewing practice myself making 2 hammocks and 2 bug-bivvies so far.
Just jump right in and kick your feet.
I am working now on a Just Jeff Hammock sock/Risk Travel Pod type thingy.
Again, fwiw.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
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