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I finally got round to making a bushshirt over the Easter weekend, motivated by wanting to make it as a birthday present for a friend. The finished product: I used this pattern: http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php/7076-Anorak-pattern I drew out the pieces and cut pattern under the...

Just thought I'd try out the hive mind... I wanted to have a go at making some of these http://www.instructables.com/id/Aluminum-Bottle-Tumbler-Cup-Cook-Pot/step8/Finish/ and obviously need some appropriate aluminium bottles. I clocked last year that Budweiser and Coors were shipping beer in...

Following on from the small alcohol stoves I made at explorers last week, I've started prototyping a cheap and simple non-stick frying pan. The aim is to build a usable little cook set, and each task is designed to have a follow up in order to focus the kids on putting in the effort to make...

Quick post for a small alcohol stove I've made. Will be making these tomorrow with a group of explorer scouts and using them to make pancakes. Made the task really simple by finding a small screw top aluminium tin, which you can find on the internet normally sold by websites providing supplies...

Nothing really new here, just my take on the small wood burning stove made from the ordning Ikea cutlery caddy. I've made two of these before; the first one with a shelf which was quite fiddly to light. The second design used two caddies, one to provide a platform to allow sufficient air flow...

Just finished a simple little leather pouch out of some offcuts I had. First attempt at something like this, and whilst its not the prettiest, it is functional and it was made to be used. Sized specifically to hold a Opinel no 8: Simple belt attachment:

Did a quick search and didn't get any hits, apologies if this is a repost. http://nb-wonderbag.com/ Its the same principle as haybox ovens, except it used polystyrene balls as the insulation material http://youtu.be/FnHtmRSNV48

Last Saturday, I had the serendipitous idea to sack off doing my phd thesis corrections and made some mittens instead. Given the subsequent drop in temperature over the last week, this has been a very fortuitous decision. I used the basic design from here, made a few templates from fleece...

So I have a scout leaders xmas meal next week and I decided to make a few things and throw them into a lucky dip for everyone. Here is a shot including at least one of each of the presents: From bottom left (going clockwise): leather samosa coin pouches, microwave toasties from...

Hey, I've started a blog that I plan to update from time to time with various projects and ideas use in Scouting and Guiding. First post is a recipe for campfire calzone pizza. There a few recipes for this kicking around on internet and I don't claim this to be original, but it does work...

Hello, I've finally got round to some projects I've been meaning to do for ages and thought I'd post some pictures. First off, I'd like to say thanks to Toddy for posting some cloak designs in this thread and also to the contributors in this thread which I used to work out the prototype...

Just thought I'd introduce myself. Real name is Ben, although as my username is not very cryptic you may have already worked that one out. Born and Bred in Swindon, although I spend most of my days in Bath finishing off my phd thesis at bath uni. I've been lurking the this forum for a...