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    Mid-level Sewing Machine Recommendation

    LOL, I did just find my own thread from about 4 years ago asking generally the same basic question. Was looking hard at the Juki's but there are so many models.....but end of the day, shipping for me is about 1/4-1/3 the price of the machine. Maybe I'll target the couple shops, and local sales.
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    Mid-level Sewing Machine Recommendation

    Hello, went back through the "what sewing machine" searches. Thought I'd follow-up with a question though. Been sewing my own gear for about 6-7 years. My main machine has been the Pfaff Passport. Great with the nylons, light webbing, even cordura. But struggles with webbing work. What...
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    DIY Gamebags?

    I've bought the big carcass bags and sewed my own. Price break is there when you run the math. Aazon has a few knock-off style bags. Those have worked well.
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    WTS WTS - Alaska Only - Reloading powder - 4831, 4831SC and others

    Hello I figured this would be better in the guns classifieds. But I'm located in Anchorage Alaska. Local sales only. There seems to be a lot of Alaska members here, so thought I'd give it a go here. Shipping is basically not possible to lower 48 Powder. I'm moving away from a few...
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    Custom Bag with Dyneema

    I've made about 10 bags the last couple years, looking for the weight savings you speak too. By far the lightest option was with the DF composite fabric. The XPac's are nice too. Both are waterproof, both can be tapped. But what I'll offer is zippers, pockets, webbing, buckles account for...
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    Digiscoping and 3D Printer

    Hello, thought I would show you why you need a 3D printer, LOL. This is a setup to connect my Leica to my Olympus Tough camera. Just used the screw in filter as the building block. My part is the orange deal Pretty neat, wish the Tough cameras had a shutter trigger, but can't source one...
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    Attaching Bino Harness to shoulder/chest straps of pack

    You can most likely get there with just some clips.....but for me I wouldn't want it. Most of my hunting is done with a pack on. It would drive me crazy to have to take my binoculars off just to take my pack off. As it stands I can quickly drop my pack, still have my binos with me. but...
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    WTS. Thermarest NeoAir

    SOLD. Thermarest NeoAir SOLD Hello. Selling a neoair. It’s a regular. Used on about 3 week long hunts. A few days here and there too. Great shape. Never an issue holding air. No prior patches. It’s in a diy Dyneema bag. It’s a little undersized for length but works SOLS. Weights 12.6...
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    Fill - For Lightweigth Rear Shooting Bag - TAB

    Hello Used a buddies TAB Gear rear shooting bag over the weekend. Anyone know what they fill them with?? Or any good links to fill for a lightweight bag? Thanks
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    WTB - Yukon or Chugach Kuiu Jacket in Major Brown - XL

    Hello, looking for a non-camo Yukon or Chugach Kuiu raingear jacket. Been keeping my eyes out for awhile, seems like they only made the solids for a few years. Would love to get a Yukon in major brown. Need an XL Thanks!
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    FS - Custom Cuben Fiber Bivy and Klymit pad

    I’ll take the bivy. PM inbound
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    VX21 X-Pac Fabric

    I've used quite a bit of the "soft" XPac. Sewed other projects with other xpac. It's a little tougher sew than 500 cordura. A bit stiffer. Has a tendency to roll. Do not iron it! Feels just as tough as a 500d. Maybe more so. I have been using it to cut a little weight, but mainly the...
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    Material for roll top on a dry bag??

    I found this on ebay, I'll give it a go. HDPE High Density Polyethylene Sheet - Flexible - .030" x 12" x 21.5" | eBay The webbing has worked ok in the past, I was on Kuiu's site and see that they use "hypalon" for their roll tops, just got me thinking. Hypalon is very grabby for lack of...
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    Material for roll top on a dry bag??

    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll try some plastic. My next pack is sim to the seek outside. So a roll top. Figure I’d use the hypalon for that. But I’ll look for some plastic for bags.
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    Material for roll top on a dry bag??

    Hello I've just used webbing in the past. Basically sewing it around the top of whatever fabric the bag is. Generally a silnylon. But would like to use something more suitable. I do have some hypalon, in awesome green, I use it for the pack frame connection, I make bags for my Kifaru...
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    What sewing machine for B69 thread

    So had the chance to run some material through the new 1964 Kenmore. Wish I would have made this purchase years ago. Was able to run 69 and 92 through it. Even did a test that went up to 8 layers of cordura. I had to hand feed it to get started but after that it ran fine. Took some time...
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    What sewing machine for B69 thread

    Mike7 -The point of the second machine for me is to have something to do the heavy stuff. I have a home Pfaff machine (about $600) that does nylons great, just not great on heavy stuff. I want a machine that basically gets B69 wound up, and it's dedicated for that. Most folks and websites...
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    What sewing machine for B69 thread

    Just to add some closure. Lol. I picked up a late 60’s Kenmore. I’ll see how it goes. Also have my eye on a sailrite type machine too.
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    Opinions on a Yamata GC8500 industrial machine

    Yes. I think I will need to either change out the pulley to the smaller one to slow it down, or do the servo motor replacement. I'm not a commercial sewer. Wondering if it might be a little overkill. I just want a good machine for webbing and the such, I'd say worst case I'm sewing through...
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    Opinions on a Yamata GC8500 industrial machine

    Sorry for the second post. But I have a line on a Yamata GC8500 So it’s a straight stitch only. But the reviews make it seem like a fast garment machine. Was wondering how it might fare with webbing, 1000D. Etc. again, not a ton of reviews I can find on it for gear use Pretty much read...

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