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A few months ago I made a tarp out of cheap ripstop off ebay, I finally tested is out in my garden. Just a simple Tarp Tent setup with a treking pole set to 120cm. Really happy with how it came out.

Yesterday I knocked up a support for my camping chair to stop it sinking, I've been using tennis balls on the feet since I first bought the chair a couple of years ago., They work great, but I want the space the 4 balls take up in my pack. I made it out of some 600D canvas I had. No measuring...

A couple of weeks ago I got a Olight S1R II Baton Flashlight. Cracking flashlight. I thought it would be great if it had a diffuser. I looked and there's is a little one, but got to thinking about my Fenix white diffuser for my old LD20. Using part of the clip it works great. I used it in my...

After making a new pop can stove, I made and tested another pop can stove stand, this time out of thinner stainless steel, the ones I've made in the past have been out of 1mm thick mild steel. I also made a oilskin canvas pouch for it out of offucuts. I used a sheet of 0.25mm stainless...

I really like the looks of the Captain Stag table Ive seen a lot on Japanese camping videos Ive seen on you tube, but never going to pay the £150 for it so thought Id use it as inspiration to make one. So I borrowed a friends table saw to start making one. Using 3.6mm and 10mm thick hard wood...

I almost finished making a portable fire pit out of 3mm mild steel today. Just need to find my hole cutter and make a handle in the top of each part. It'll be 2 25mm inch holes about 5" apart and I'll use my angle grinder to cut out the bit in between. It's 2 280x280mm and 2 450x280. I...

I thought Id post this as I had to hunt for the info myself. I couldn't find any replacement gaskets in stock anywhere without importing them. As mine fell out somewhere or came out with a bottle (as I found out after is the only downside of a sawyer). I found an image of the size of one to...

I recently got some new gear so wanted to head out for a night not too far from home. I found farm on The Hill, http://www.farmonthehill.co.uk/ It's in Uttoxeter only a 45 mile drive for me, took an only an hour via A roads. It is a lovey little quiet Eco farm I'd highly recommend and will...

Ive been after the scandi version for ages. I got myself one last month, an early xmas present. I have to say I LOVE it! Very stiff slip joint with ZERO blade movement. Out the box: Next to a SAK Hiker Next to its big brother the Enzo Trapper in O1 (Yes, Granted I'm a...

A while back I wanted to make a very solid stand for my pop can stoves. It worked good but the sweet spot was above the top of the stand. It worked great for slowly cooking stuff, but I wanted something that used the full potential of the stoves. Like this one that boils water faster than my...

So I used my Dremel to cut up a Leuku I've had for about 10 to 12 years I never use, about only 5 times. Its been sitting in the bottom of a metal toolbox I keep my sharp tools in. I don't like having tools I don't use. So as it had a 9" blade I thought it would make a nice 5" bushcrafter as it...

I've been meaning for ages to make a simple neck sheath for my Enzo Necker. I still need to dye it. Probably oil walnut, but I'm totally out of dye. I'm running out of leather, so it just fit. I was thinking a press stud, but noticed I had a Sam Brown stud and thought that would look...

I posted this on daily doings of a bushcrafter at Bushcraft USA and it was said I should post it as a thread, I thought that was a good Idea. So here it is on here too. I've been wanting to make myself a bushcraft style knife for years. I finally bought a length of 4mm x 30mm x 500mm O1 tool...

I've been using my Trangia and the Evernew EBY-253 Titanium Cross Stand as my liquid fuel stove for a good few years now. Its a great Stand. Cheap for Ti and is a nice alternative to some of the Trangia stands that can be quite bulky or more annoying need a wide pot. I wanted to have a stand...

I saw some of the Ray Mears documentary Northern Wilderness the other day and remembered I've been meaning to use some decent wood to re-handle the S. Djarv Hantverk Crooked Knife Blade I got off the Woodlore site after the Ray Mears lecture I went to back when the documentary was originally...

I've had one of the Ray Mears Offset Stitching Awls for years and years, I originally intended to just use a temporarily bit of old broom handle I fitted as a sod it that will do for the time being job, what 8 years later enough was enough, I well and truly had enough of aching hands after...

The other day I ran out of bread so I did a bit of googling and found out naans are very easy to make and I can see them as a very easy thing to make if you have a bowl and board when out doors. 120g flour 2 tsp sugar 1 tsp or less of salt (the first batch I made were a bit too salt heavy for...

I've been wanting to make myself some wool stuff, I have a few plastic looms laying around, but non really fit me properly. So I thought I'd have a go at making a couple. Loving finally having a pillar drill (thanks to a mate who was getting rid of it). Its was some 18mm thick pine with...

I've been eying up the Ray Mears canvas pouch for ages, but wanted something a little smaller and green. So I finally made myself one. I had a bit bigger than a 50g tin mind. All hand stitched It turned out just the size I wanted With the dump pouch I made a couple of...

With an off cut of 3mm thick leather and some canvas I had lying around I decided to make a dump pouch. Ever since I saw one years ago I it went on my future projects list. I've seen leather and waxed canvas ones before and much preferred the look over the modern Maxperdition versions, plus no...