MYOG Tarp

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I finished the first of my test tarp today. Probably three hours put into this. This includes lots of test pieces for tie out points that were tested to destruction.

Its made from uber light weight ripstop spinnaker material, apparently original cost is £75 per square metre.

It's a basic rectangle approx 8ft long and 5ft wide give or take. All of the hems are triple rolled and tie out points have four layers of re-enforcement. Thread is 100% polyester gutterman thread. Tie out points are black 1" grosgrain.

With a total of 8 guys and line locks plus an Alpkit silnylon stuff sack it comes in at 157g!!!! Its really small and can even compress further than shown in the pics.

There are already a couple of things I'd change. I tested which side the tie outs should be attached to. Four were done underneath and four above. It looks like aesthetically, putting them on top is the way to go.

Enough talk here's the pics.

More pics - www.bikeandbivi.co.uk

 

[JAG009]

Top job looks the bizz! light too

Jason

 

[bilmo-p5]

Very nice! How was it to sew? I'm told that some of these l/w fabrics can be bu99ers, being very slippery.

My recently completed MYOG 1st tarp is a heavyweight 3m x 3m affair in 6oz ripstop cotton;

Primarily it was a practical exercise utilising some fairly cheap material to get me used to using this handsome beast;

I'm pleased with both machine and tarp and currently have an 8' x 8' pyramid and a midge screen repair ongoing WIPs

 

[drewdunnrespect]

Looks good well dunn

 

[dave53]

hi all first off what is myog secondly nice tarp and fantastic looking machine named after me regards dave

 

[JAG009]

hi all first off what is myog secondly nice tarp and fantastic looking machine named after me regards dave

Make your own gear

Jason

 

[dave53]

thanks jag009 regards dave

 

[Shewie]

Nice work mate

 

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I was expecting the fabric to be a pig given all of the stuff I have read but to be honest it was no harder than dealing with pertex. I have some silnylon on its way which will be made into tarp. It will be interesting to see how it pans out.

I plan to make a few other variants over the next week or so.

 

[Teepee]

Nice work Ian

What weight spinn is it made from?

 

[John Fenna]

Very nice! How was it to sew? I'm told that some of these l/w fabrics can be bu99ers, being very slippery.

My recently completed MYOG 1st tarp is a heavyweight 3m x 3m affair in 6oz ripstop cotton;

Primarily it was a practical exercise utilising some fairly cheap material to get me used to using this handsome beast;

I'm pleased with both machine and tarp and currently have an 8' x 8' pyramid and a midge screen repair ongoing WIPs

Glorious looking machine!
Is that one of the ones with a "boat" shaped shuttle or a round bobbin?

 

[bilmo-p5]

Glorious looking machine!
Is that one of the ones with a "boat" shaped shuttle or a round bobbin?

Thank you. I bought it on purely aesthetic grounds about half-a-dozen years ago. Only recently have I had the time and the inclination to play with it simultaneously.
It has the 'boat' shuttle.

 

[John Fenna]

Thank you. I bought it on purely aesthetic grounds about half-a-dozen years ago. Only recently have I had the time and the inclination to play with it simultaneously.
It has the 'boat' shuttle.

Ah - I have one too - but only one shuttle - can you get spares?

 

[bilmo-p5]

Ah - I have one too - but only one shuttle - can you get spares?

As I remember, no. I also bought a tatty old Singer in a treadle set-up around the same time, and that had its 'boat' shuttle missing. It still has as I was unable to locate a spare. I'll have to look into it again.

 

[Wayland]

I have one of those machines too, great things.

I have one boat carrier but three bobbins with mine. I've also got a drawer full of attachments I haven't a clue how to use.

 

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Tarp number two almost complete

 

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Now complete

More at - www.bikeandbivi.co.uk

 

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