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Feb 21, 2018 at 4:34 pm #3519662
Hi! I am planning on making a flat tarp of cuben. I would like the final size to be 9’x6′. It looks like cuben comes in 54″ width. If I buy two 9 ft lengths of cuben, how can I put them together in a way that best utilizes the cuben? Somehow a center seam that is not in the center bothers me. Ideas or experience?
Feb 21, 2018 at 5:24 pm #351967554″ is 4.5 feet. Have two pieces that are 6 feet long and sew them together? That would have zero waste and a seam in the middle.
Feb 21, 2018 at 5:51 pm #3519685You could put the seam running down the long axis of the tarp, leaving you with two 18″ x 9′ leftover strips of DCF. That way, you get a strong flat felled seam running down the apex of the tarp. With the leftovers, you could sew 7 ft sections of those two strips together into a 34″ x 84″ wide DCF poncho, though it would be pretty thin if using 0.51 DCF. You’d have just enough material left for a 20′ x 10′ x 6′ backpack liner, or the poncho hood and a few stuff sacks.
Feb 21, 2018 at 6:47 pm #3519696Hmmm,..If I buy 6 yards at $32/yd it is practically the same cost as buying the 6×9 tarp from zpacks. So running the seam across the tarp, but reducing waste to almost zero looks like the best option. I don’t like the idea of running the seam across the tarp (the 6ft length) but I guess it is only a matter of cosmetics with a rectangular tarp.
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