SHig's Superlight Packin'tube Project

[SHigSpeed]

I think you got your next project. An ultra light backpacking tent.

No way, I ain't touching that one! They're already out there - and the improvement that "at all costs" can gain may be in the range of an ounce over a pound.

_SHig

[SHigSpeed]

Hey All,

It's been a while since I've updated the thread. Really not much new with regards to the tube. I've been out a few times and still loving the boat.

I have been selling a few here and there as well and I'm well into the second half of the roll of fabric I have. Once this roll is gone I'll have to reconsider if I'll be doing more on not.

In the meantime, I had an afternoon free this weekend so I decided to put together a video of the "birth" of a tube. I usually batch processes to streamline the production but in this case I made one from start to finish save for some pre-cutting of some of the fiddly-bits.

Hope you enjoy!

_SHig

[DLJeff]

So it only takes 3 minutes and 16 seconds to make one of those? Awesome. Fun to watch video.

[k.hanley]

Great use of your new camera Shig. Jeeeeez moving that fast did you also play all the instruments in the soundtrack!
Well done. Well done.
Cheers, Ken

[SHigSpeed]

I actually used my iPhone with a wide angle lens taped over the camera perched on a ladder - my Pyramid ladder actually!

I took a photo of the rig, I should post it...

_SHig

[SHigSpeed]

So it only takes 3 minutes and 16 seconds to make one of those? Awesome. Fun to watch video.

Yeah, and did you see how quickly it inflated?

_SHig

[OceanSunfish]

Incredible. More standing enthusiastic applause! The Tube is actually a work of Art! Take this from someone that can hardly assemble a Clouser Minnow properly, I marvel at your entire process. Bravo.

BTW, was that cat or dog that zipped in there......

[Scott V]

Incredible. More standing enthusiastic applause! The Tube is actually a work of Art! From someone that hardly assemble a Clouser Minnow properly, I marvel at your entire process. Bravo.

BTW, was that cat or dog that zipped in there......

Cat, hence the holes in my float tube, but for some strange reason , only my float tube got attacked

[Kneedeep]

Brilliant!

[OceanSunfish]

Cat, hence the holes in my float tube, but for some strange reason , only my float tube got attacked

I bet the cat walked across everyone's tube during manufacturing, but it was only when it was walking on your tube's fabric that something scared the cat, hence the deployed claws.