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Grandma L	03/29/2020 08:29PM   Just curious - did you do straight stitching machine or a serger? Serger would have overcast the seams. I was looking to make a bug proof enclosure but need higher sides requiring wider fabric or making panels. Did you find fabric up to 72" wide??
sns	03/30/2020 07:47AM   Grandma, I just used a straight-stich. The fabric I selected was supposedly 62" but in actuality was 59-60" wide. Everything else I saw was 54" wide. Let me know if you find some that wide!
mirth	03/27/2020 11:24AM   Looks great!
sns	03/24/2020 02:52PM   So with more time to kill and some RSBTR fabrics, I have tackled another project. This one is half off-the shelf, half assed DIY. I do already have a Nemo Bugout, 9x9, and like it a lot. When we are going heavy or even medium weight, it's coming along. But for going fast and light & covering serious miles (to Tartarus and back, for example) solo, or with one other in a Tandem (plus Cerberus), I wanted some rain protection and bug protection at a much lighter weight. Hence my modular Entomologica Exilium. The tarp is a DCF hammock tarp (with doors) that weighs 7.5 oz & just under 9 oz with all the guy lines. I have added some attachment points for the bug net, allowing it to be rigged underneath. The bug net is NS50 .5oz/sq yd noseeum netting (from RSBTR) and weighs 10 oz. Shown with Cerberus and two empty chairs, representing the poor souls Cerberus ate last time we portaged to the River Styx. Suspect we could fit two more of those small Helinox Chair One ripoffs in there if Cerberus were to get hungry again, though that would be tight for sure.
sns	03/26/2020 06:34PM   Meant to throw in a few more photos. And don't let Cerberus fool you...she'll have your arm off in a jiffy. Well, not a jiffy...slowly by licking. But you are in real trouble if you are a pheasant.
wingnut	03/25/2020 06:43AM   So how difficult was it to sew the no se-um? I'm guessing small thread and needle size would help a lot. Another assumption on my part is that the nature of the material being full of holes, allowing it to stretch, would make it hard to feed through the machine.
sns	03/25/2020 06:56AM   I was very surprised how easy it was...except for corners where the presser foot & needle are really close to an edge. That took more care but was doable. This project involved long runs and I started by pinning but within a couple minutes realized I did not need to even do that.
sns	03/25/2020 06:59AM   Other details: I bought 10 yards (59-60" wide) of NS50 noseeum fabric. Using the full width, I made a ceiling piece 79" long (planning to lose half an inch on each end & the sides for the seams. So the finished roof panel ends up 78" long by ~58.5" wide.) The remainder of the fabric becomes all 4 sides, and can be sewn to the roof as one piece. Finished dimensions are 78" long, 58.5 wide, 59" tall. I added grosgrain ribbon tie-offs at the corners and center of the long sides, both top & bottom, and a center one in the roof. Suspect that all but the corners will be unnecessary most of the time. Used a small length of shock cord off the top corners before they connect to static guy lines. No zipper entrance - just duck under for now. Might add that. I also used seam sealer on all seams including the grosgrain stitching - not for waterproofing, but just to reinforce my terrible sewing.
wingnut	03/25/2020 05:30PM   Nice work but your dog looks pretty mild mannered to carry the name cerberus LOL.
Grandma L	03/30/2020 05:39PM   sns: "Grandma, I just used a straight-stich. The fabric I selected was supposedly 62" but in actuality was 59-60" wide. Everything else I saw was 54" wide. Let me know if you find some that wide!" I will let you know - Dan (CCS) had some at one time - might call him.
Jaywalker	03/25/2020 08:45PM   Excellent work! A year after I made my first under-tarp bug net, I went back and cut a bunch of it out to make smaller and lighter. I sort of with I’d used the lighter .5 oz stuff gs the .66 I used, but maybe that’s the next project. Bug nets are such a huge advantage for anyone with a dog.