DIY Packraft | Jeb | Activity https://www.diypackraft.com/members/avalanche/activity/ Activity feed for Jeb. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:48:08 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0eb52d19ff91728d5472d5cd80d535c0 Jeb replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts http://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/heat-sealing-tools/#post-2920 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:53:06 -0700 Are you still liking the hot air gun Lyn?  I imagine this is probably the best route to go for the folks that want to do a lot of raft building, and I could use it for other plastic welding too..

]]> 0 338d4dbbc23293ef5d90fe22a2453990 Jeb replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts http://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/heat-sealing-tools/#post-2919 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:36:24 -0700 Lame!  They have a heat setting of 1 – 4.  Needs a 5 perhaps..  I was surprised when I opened the package it only says it’s 10 watts!  Hard to believe it could do anything with 10 watts, but the heating element is right in the pad.  I did find that it never ever ever got too hot, which is nice as after a while I stopped even bothering to test it o…[Read more]

]]> 0 62790b9e7e74ce9583ee82530951a530 Jeb replied to the topic What plans/kits would you like to see next? in the forum DIY Packrafts http://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/what-planskits-would-you-like-to-see-next/#post-2898 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:42:06 -0700 I’m still pretty excited about the potential for a two person boat.  Has anyone seen the new Alpacka Forager?  Something like that would be perfect.

http://www.alpackaraft.com/product/forager/

If I was designing one, which I don’t have the software to do, I’d make the side tube parallel with each other.  Overall boat would be fatter like the Fo…[Read more]

]]> 0 9373b6ca4d54e06145b474dbf9e2688b Jeb posted a new activity comment http://www.diypackraft.com/2017/03/21/new-top-up-valves-in-stock/#comment-1444 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:00:24 -0700 Yes, these are way better. And you don’t have to glue them, you can heat seal them to a patch then the boat.

In reply to - Matt (Admin) wrote a new post Check out the new top-up valves now in stock in the DIY Packraft shop. They’re lighter, more flexible, prettier, and cheaper than the older top-up valves – basically better in every […] ]]> 5d89b30f52b5f1a0051b9a125a4a808a Jeb replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts http://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/heat-sealing-tools/#post-2883 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:49:40 -0700  

Not thrilled at all with the clover irons.  Both our 120v units don’t get hot enough to do anything.  I already had a Polyvance Miniweld model 7 airless plastic welder and it works very well.  Also just picked up a Dritz Petite Press portable mini iron, it seems to work very well too.  The Dritz is more ergonomic than most for those long sea…[Read more]

]]> 0 e4998de0c8d00cd7abe654d0f6dd34b4 Jeb changed their profile picture https://www.diypackraft.com/activity/p/425/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:52:15 -0800 0 fac83a4ad3580a0ae8e6b34d81c09008 Jeb replied to the topic What plans/kits would you like to see next? in the forum DIY Packrafts http://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/what-planskits-would-you-like-to-see-next/#post-2532 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:49:04 -0800 A two person boat plan and/or kit would be phenomenal.  Something similar to the Explorer 42 perhaps..  I think the boat plans are probably the most helpful for folks, once one learns how to assemble them, they can come up with their own accessories.  Getting the patterns for a new boat design would be a lot harder.

Inflatable PFD would be pr…[Read more]

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