I've been playing with Tyvek recently. A lot. My wife is wondering if I'm ever going to put it down. Last night she said to me, "Wherever you are, there's Tyvek". So, that's not good, but my new gear is......
I was inspired by Just Jeff's pack cover and gear hammock http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeGe...arHammock.html and thought I could make one out of tyvek.
I started with a pretty big piece- about 5' by 4' to make sure it would cover my mondo size pack. I used skinny pieces of carpet tape to make a channel for the cord, and rolled them with a wallpaper seam roller to make the pieces stick nicely.
I left the corners slightly open so the cord can be accessed on all 4 corners for utility once complete.
I fished some wire through the channel and then pulled mason line through the channel on all 4 sides, leaving an extra length for a single cordlock on the loose end.
The finished project is 54" x 42" (I trimmed the piece a few times before making the channels) and weighs in at 4.75 oz.
I set it up as a gear hammock with about 20# of stuff in it. (Pic)
One thing that I noticed is that I will need to add another cordlock on the opposite corner of the first one, as I have to pull from those corners to cinch it down as a pack cover. If I'd used smaller, lighter cordlocks I could drop a fraction of an oz, but I used what I had on hand from an old tent bag. It packs down pretty tight as well. (pic)
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