Make Your Own Gear (MYOG)

Make Your Own Gear Sewing Primer: Straight Stitch and Top Stitch

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) June 21, 2006

Instructions on how to properly sew two workhorse stitches.

Make Your Own Gear Sewing Primer: Sewing a Felled Seam

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) June 21, 2006

A tarp and tent ridgeline standard thanks to its water impeding fold.

Make Your Own Gear Sewing Primer: Reinforcement Stitches for Lightweight Fabrics

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) June 21, 2006

Why standard reinforcement stitches may not be suitable for your lightweight fabric, which ones are, and how to sew them.

Make Your Own Gear: The Micro Z-Stand Pot Support

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) April 25, 2006

Using Backpacking Light Titanium Alloy UltraRods to build a sturdy, and now heat resistant, sub-0.20 oz (5.7 g) Z-Stand pot support for alcohol and solid fuel stoves.

Make Your Own Gear: Transforming a Mummy Sleeping Bag into an Arc Top Bag

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) April 25, 2006

Complete step-by-step instructions on how to convert a mummy bag to an arc quilt.

Make Your Own Gear: Alcohol Stove Windscreen

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) February 28, 2006

Complete step-by-step instructions on how to construct an efficient alcohol stove windscreen.

Make Your Own Gear: The Z-Stand Pot Stand Revisited, Revised, and Relightened!

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) November 22, 2005

Using Backpacking Light's Titanium Alloy UltraRods to Build a Sturdy 0.15 oz (4.2 g) Z-Stand Pot Support for Alcohol and Solid Fuel Stoves

Make Your Own Gear: Shortening a Therm-a-Rest UltraLite Self-Inflating Pad

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) September 27, 2005

Complete step-by-step instructions on how to cut, reshape, and reseal a self-inflating pad.

Make Your Own Gear: The “Z-Stand” Pot Support for Alcohol Stoves

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) August 30, 2005

Complete step-by-step instructions on how to make a lightweight and unique pot stand.

Make Your Own Gear: Open Jet Alcohol Stove

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) May 31, 2005

Complete step by step instructions on how to construct an open jet alcohol stove that looks as good as it works.

A Homemade Gear Sled (Pulk) for Backcountry Winter Travel

Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) April 15, 2002 Introduction Winter backpacking is an entirely different experience from backpacking at any other time of the year. In the winter our needs for food, water, and warmth require significant changes...