DIY Packraft | Bruce | Activity

Bruce posted a new activity comment

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 02:46:33 -0700

My favorite seat back, and the easiest, is a Crazy Creek folding camp chair. Not exactly a back packing item, but I can set a 2″ thick square boating flotation seat pad into the raft, top it with the crazy Creek chair and my daughter is up above the water and happy. Commercial versions that support the back and wrap around the hips are not popular…[Read more]

In reply to - Matt (Admin) wrote a new post For the maiden voyage of the V3 DIY Packraft, Nikki and I spent the weekend visiting some glaciers!

Bruce posted a new activity comment

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:42:23 -0700

Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?

In reply to - Matt (Admin) wrote a new post First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft Here are some pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft. This one is the 120 size, and has a 420D floor (TPU on both sides) and 210D tubes. As it is […]

Bruce posted a new activity comment

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:42:12 -0700

Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?

Bruce posted a new activity comment

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:41:28 -0700

Matt,
Before you wrote this blog, I decided to try one of the model aircraft heat sealing irons. I chose the Top Flight because it has a narrower bottom, and I thought it might be useful sealing across double width seams, where tubes join the floor, for example.
Using my inexpensive infrared thermometer (an instant read oven meat thermometer…[Read more]

In reply to - Matt (Admin) wrote a new post A number of people have experienced temperature problems with mini irons like the Clover Mini Iron II and the Dritz Petite Press, so I am designing future DIY Packrafts to be easier to […]