My first round of MYOG cuben jacket, kilt, huaraches

[James Reilly]

Here is my first round of MYOG gear. It is hard to believe that a little over a year ago I stumbled upon this group trying to find some lighter hiking poles and sleeping bag and now I am making my own Cuben gear and carrying about half the weight that I was last year. Thank you all.

Specs:

Jacket:
2 pit zips and full front zip. Hood design was made from Thru-hiker.com (thank you Thru-hiker),Jacket Design was my own, Material was from Lawson (Thanks), notions mainly from zpacks

Seams are bonded, high stress seams are bonded and sewn

Weight 3.18 oz, 89.9 grams

Kilt/ground cloth
Material, notions, idea all from Zpacks (Thank you Joe)

Weight 1.48 oz, 41.9 grams

Huaraches/camp shoe

2.78 oz

[Jerry Adams]

Those look very nice!

When you say "bonded" do you mean taped or glued?

[Rusty Beaver]

Nice job!

[James Reilly]

Thanks,

I used 3m tape to bond. It's # 9485pc. Works well. It can be hard to sew through though. Just because you have to keep cleaning the needle.

[Jerry Adams]

Hmmm

Maybe the way to do it is to have tape on both sides but no tape where the row of stitches is so the needle doesn't get gummed up

[Jeffrey Stylos]

Looks snazzy! Is that breathable cuben in the jacket?

[Michael Pappas]

I heard seeking through a layer of wax paper can help lubricate the needle. That might help in your situation.

[James Reilly]

Wax paper sounds promising. I am in the middle of a second one so I'll give it a try.

This is not breathable. It is the material Lawson sales 0.74 weight. I hope the 10" pit zips and loose fit are enough.

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