I was thinking…MYOG seems to be quite prevalent these days and I see some seriously amazing gear coming out of forum members. As someone who likes to make things as well, has anyone ever considered a medium for MYOG folks to trade gear? Not like Gear Swap where you have to post explicit ads…something like a page/forum where each member can post things they’ve made and consider to be made well enough to be worthy of sending to someone else. This would be like a member “portfolio” and those could be used to trade for other stuff.
For instance, I am becoming quite comfortable making tarp shelters. Not MLD quality, but good enough. I have made synthetic quilts and consider those to be of good quality. However, I have no desire to make a down quilt. But let’s say someone who makes awesome down quilts doesn’t want to dabble in shelters. I can make them a cuben tarp and they can make me a down quilt and we both basically get the things we want for just the cost of materials and our time. Thoughts?
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