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Andre Chiang wrote: I did make a couple camera cases for my Canon 6D Full frame, but honestly, you can buy great camera cases at camera stores for under $70. They have straps for shoulder and waist so it's attached to your body twice. And you can swing it around to the front like a chalk bag. Be sure that any camera case for climbing has both a zipper and a plastic snap buckle. That way if you whip and the zipper fails, you still have the snap buckle keeping your camera safe. I only sewed my own because I kept breaking zippers on commercial cases. I built in a lot of extra re-enforcing, heavy zippers and padding. I put the seams on the outside for durability. FYI: Zippers on camera cases are a pain. All those tight corners. I had to hand sew a couple things. It's functional but not pretty. This has 5 years of climbing on it from Joshua Tree to Squamish.    |
Andre Chiang wrote: I made a fanny pack for a Video camera out of heavy wet suit neoprene. Customer's design, said it worked great. He could climb with it behind him, then swing it around front to gain access. I don't remember the design specifics. https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/filmography/eric-perlman |
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Hey to anyone in southern california who might be interested, I have too many sewing machines right now. I can give one away for free if someone will use it. It's an old machine that could use a service from a pro, but I got it sewing and it will sew through 10 layers or canvas upholstery material. It is ugly, I saw it on the side of a guys house and gave him $20 for it. It was pretty beat up and I sanded the bed and repainted it, and tried to clean up the chrome bits but gave up and just painted clear fingernail polish on most of the exposed parts that were rusting. It's kind of junky (from neglect) but is a good, Italian made machine from the 40s or 50s. It's a Necchi BU Nova if you want to look it up. It is all metal and has no plastic or nylon parts and aside from rusting is pretty indestructible. I can move this to the "for free" thread if needed but thought the sewing thread was kind of appropriate. |
 Comes with an old beat up table as well |
Matt Z wrote: Nice! This looks fantastic. Does the bag have an internal frame? |
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This thread's beta is much appreciated, helped me finish my first pack and biggest sewing project to date. A little UL thing from a pattern, very happy with how it turned out:   |
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I’m trying to get over my fear of sewing clothing, and light fabric in general. Really stoked how this hoody came out. I wanted something as warm as my R1, but a little looser and more casual. I used the ‘Hugo hoody.’ pattern from freesewing.org, then spent hours modifying the hood. Fabric is Polartec 7472 microgrid. Hoping Melanzana doesn’t sue me.    |
Max R wrote: That looks great! Do you happen to have a modified pattern for the hood that you eventually went with? |
Climb On wrote: Like a digital version of it? Nah. Just paper. The learnmyog.com hood is what i based it off of though. It’s a good shape between snug and baggy |
Big Red wrote: That UL turned out really nice! |
Max R wrote: Nice work! |
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i'm in the dumps right now & funneling a lot of that energy into sewing. unfortunately i just wrapped up my clothing alteration project backlog. suggestions for very practical climbing gear/climbing-adjacent projects that aren't clothing or extremely complex? don't have a good attention span for pattern drafting at the moment beyond the basics. |
Erroll M wrote: A friend of mine had a zippered snack bag that clipped to his harness. I can't find the thing online, but it was a good size for a few bars and spare batteries. |
Tree Soloist wrote: oh, that sounds super cute. and it looks like i have some spare webbing+tarp material from my rope bag project...i'll give it a shot in a bit. thank you (-: |
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2 more beta questions: 1. Anyone find a good, beginner-friendly pattern for insulated overpants? These seem like the best bet that I can find: https://www.thegreenpepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/147-web.pdf 2. What kind of fabric would you use for heavy-wearing items like big wall rope bags, beef bags, etc? Seems like Fish makes their wall bags from 420D and their beef bags from 18oz nylon - nylon seems like a pain to work with, would higher D fabric work for something like a bolting bag that gets hauled occasionally? |
Big Red wrote: I’ve made some jogger type fleece sweatpants from a similar green pepper pattern and it was easy. As far as bags go, it depends on what you’re putting in it. I made a bucket style rope bag out of 1000D cordura with a stiff opening. I use this bag for rope solo’ing. PVC coated vinyl type stuff is much heavier yet more durable. I’d use this for a bag you intent to haul, or put pokey stuff in. I have a small cinch bag made of 500D cordura, with dyneema gridstop that i use for hooks that i like. |
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Top down- Poop tube from pvc coated vinyl. (Really hard to sew with). Hook bag with 500D+ dyneema. Rope bag from 1000D.    |
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I’ll give this thread a bump. I recently aquired a serger and stepped up my clothing sewing game. Playing around with 120gsm alpha direct, and polartec 7472 (melly fabric.)     |
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Figured I'll give another bump:  35L alpine pack made for a friend. It's first trip was a successful ascent of the Moose's Tooth, so I guess it did alright. VX21 with VX42 in high wear areas; front avalanche tools pocket; ice tool pick pockets; removable padded waist belt with gear loop and ice clipper slot, and option to swap for a removable webbing waist belt or no waist belt; roll-top closure; #10 ykk waterproof full-length side zipper; removable "bivy pad" foam framesheet; all compression straps are girth hitched and removable. Total weight is about 1200g, and fully stripped down weight is about 800g. |
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@Max R—can’t quote for some reason, but desperately need a source on the pattern or whatever pattern you drafted for that hoodie. love the cowl-style neckline of the hood when it’s not in use. lovely! |
