Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) Archives - Backpacking Light

MYOG Tunnel Tent (The Frankenstein Tent: Old Materials Come Alive Again)

Warren McLaren — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:06:58 +0000

An MYOG tunnel tent project using re-purposed fabrics from used gear.

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How to Keep Canister Dirt from Clogging MYOG Remote Inverted Canister Stoves

Roger Caffin — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Roger Caffin proposes several solutions to keep dirty fuel from clogging remote inverted canister stoves.

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Remote Inverted Canister Winter Stove V6

Roger Caffin — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Longtime Backpacking Light contributor Roger Caffin debuts the V6 model of his inverted canister stove.

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How Can Cheap Butane Canisters be Modified to Work With Canister Stoves?

Roger Caffin — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:49:18 +0000

Roger Caffin discusses how you can modify and use cheap butane canisters with canister stoves in this MYOG article.

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Ultralight, Ultradurable, Ultracheap: A Backpack Made From Car Airbags

Greg Pehrson — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:20:22 +0000

Greg Perhson details the process of creating your own, lightweight (19.5 oz), MYOG backpack from vehicle airbags!

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DIY Ultralight Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stove – Version 4, Part 2

Roger Caffin — Tue, 12 May 2020 23:07:44 +0000

This article describes the development of my DIY 4th generation of Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stoves.

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DIY Ultralight Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stove – Version 4, Part 1

Roger Caffin — Wed, 06 May 2020 02:39:58 +0000

This article describes the development of my 4th generation of Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stoves.

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MYOG Ultralight Fastpacking ‘Tivy’

Ellen J — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:30:30 +0000

Step by step instructions on how to construct my MYOG tivy model and videos and pictures of it in use.

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MYOG: Seam Construction and Taping of New Dimension-Polyant Fabrics

Roger Caffin — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 21:18:59 +0000

This article presents the results of some cursory material construction tests using the newer Dimension-Polyant (DP) fabrics from the LS, VX, and WX families, as well as seam-taping using DP-supplied seam tapes. The context here is MYOG/DIY backpack construction.

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MYOG Synthetic Fill Vest (Make Your Own Gear)

Jerry Adams — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 22:41:53 +0000

Step by step guide on how to MYOG synthetic fill vest. This is an easy first project if you are interested in making synthetic clothing.

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