My DIY projects

[Squirrels]

Gonna start a thread with my projects. Only because I've gotten great ideas from others posting.

First up is my pocket to attach to the snow collar of my Reckoning. On the inside there is a zipperd pocket on one side and a 4" tall piece of elastic on the other. Hindsight I would ditch the elastic for a second zippered pouch.

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[William Hanson (live2hunt)]

Looks good

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[5shot]

Nice job

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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Good job.

Getting that perimeter just right to avoid any bunching isn't as straight forward as you'd think is it?

 

[Squirrels]

Good job.

Getting that perimeter just right to avoid any bunching isn't as straight forward as you'd think is it?

It isn't indeed!! I had no idea how to go about sewing it up so I kind of worked it out in my brain and it turned out better than I figured it would. This may not be the clearest explanation but I sewed the zipper to halves to their respective sides and then sewed them to the front and back panel while they were zipped together. I started in the middle at the top and let the tag end run till I hit the bottom of the pouch.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

It isn't indeed!! I had no idea how to go about sewing it up so I kind of worked it out in my brain and it turned out better than I figured it would. This may not be the clearest explanation but I sewed the zipper to halves to their respective sides and then sewed them to the front and back panel while they were zipped together. I started in the middle at the top and let the tag end run till I hit the bottom of the pouch.

Yeah same here, hitting the total length of the side section just right since its a fixed length perimeter affect by the seam allowances the individual sewer uses took me a couple practice attempts.

 

[davehc130]

how the heck do you sew the inside pockets with the zippers? I would love to make a few of these for my Tahr Pack!!!!

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

how the heck do you sew the inside pockets with the zippers? I would love to make a few of these for my Tahr Pack!!!!

You just make an interior panel with the zipper and lay it on top of the inside face of the top/bottom panel before sewing on the side panel perimeter.

 

[Squirrels]

You just make an interior panel with the zipper and lay it on top of the inside face of the top/bottom panel before sewing on the side panel perimeter.

That's how I did it.


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[mudgudgeon]

Hey Squirrels , the little three bar rings you have used on your pouch, do they attach by just slipping through PALS webbing? or do you use a strap to secure it?

I think I saw pics of these looped into PALS webbing, but not sure how secure it is with a bit of weight on it. It looks like it could be a good simple attachment method, for something I have in mind. but I have no experience of it

 

[Squirrels]

Hey Squirrels , the little three bar rings you have used on your pouch, do they attach by just slipping through PALS webbing? or do you use a strap to secure it?

I think I saw pics of these looped into PALS webbing, but not sure how secure it is with a bit of weight on it. It looks like it could be a good simple attachment method, for something I have in mind. but I have no experience of it

They just slide through the pals webbing. They are attached to whatever accessory with 3/4" grosgrain. They are a solid attachment method.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

1" grosgrain/binding works well for attaching those also.

 

[mudgudgeon]

Cool, thanks guys

Sorry to hijack

Got a source for this sort of hardware?

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

You are looking for "ITW 1" Oval Slide". Cheapest source in bulk is hudson4supplies out of Canada but shipping isn't cheap, hence needs to be in bulk to offset it. Milspec monkey has some at a premium. I have some supply of black and coyote also depending on how many you needed.

 

[Squirrels]

Piggy back on pods source, kifaru uses tan hardware. I ordered coyote buckles from Hudson and they are much darker than my kifaru buckles.


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[Squirrels]

Another of my projects since this thread was intended to be my diy build thread.

My floorless shelter, measure 9'6" plus from open end to open end and 12' wide. Cost me about $60 total. Parts of it are not the prettiest and I learned a lot from this one. If I did another it would look a bit more professional but it is functional and I have no doubt it will hold up well. Best I remember when I weighed it after everything was on done (including guy lines) it was either 21oz or 24oz. Can't remember for sure but I will check and get back when I get it out again.

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[mudgudgeon]

Thanks guys.

Squirrel, the tarp looks good mate.
I made a hammock fly from Sil-argon from make your gear, it's something like 0.7 oz per yard. Super light, and super easy to set up, and pack up. it's stood up to some decent storms. It's my favourite bit of gear.

 

[FlyGuy]

That is a good looking tarp, mate!

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[Squirrels]

Another one...
So I returned the Reckoning to save some money and got a great deal on a Markhor in the classifieds. Think I will just make some modifications to get what I want. Eventually I will just make my own bag.
Anyway, I decided to make a couple lids for it. Below is the first, the second one I will post when done.

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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

You can do that top surface in one shot versus 3 pieces (even with the sides tapering in) if you want to consider that for future builds to eliminate a couple seams. Nice job.