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Lockdown creations

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Shortly before lockdown a friend gave me their old sewing machine knowing that I had an intention of making my own bags. I bought some cheap thread, zips and material and had a crack at making various things:

Various phone and parts bags, a tool roll and stuff sacks

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Custom frame bags for my Rose which CX geometry made finding an off the shelf bag difficult - neither are waterproof but I used the half bag on part of the TCW which we turned into a road ride due to the headwind and rain and it kept most stuff pretty dry.

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4(.5ish)l handlebar barrel bag - it's next to a 4l podsacs fork leg bag.

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The barrel bag is great when full as it'll take a down gilet, bag of jelly babies, buff, phone and waterproof. But if you take an item out, it starts to sag. Any idea of a material or strut to put in to give it some structural rigidity? I thought of trying to put some plastic across the inner back where it would contact the headtube but I couldn't get it to stop flapping back around the headtube when nearly empty.
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Very nice

Sadly my MYOG skills are severely lacking when it comes to sewing machines

I tried to make some face masks in lockdown and nearly launched the SM out of the window.

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Meant to say, could you glue in some kind of stiffener in your barrel bag, a piece of plastic milk bottle etc
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Shewie wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:42 am Very nice

Sadly my MYOG skills are severely lacking when it comes to sewing machines

I tried to make some face masks in lockdown and nearly launched the SM out of the window.
I did the same, I found using old T-shirt fabric was way harder than this tough ripstop-like material. Following a pattern for the phone pouch and pencil case helped take away some of the need to think too deeply about it and I could just concentrate on getting to know the machine and etc.
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good works. yeah try a milk bottle or even an rectangle 2L ice cream tub cut open to get as big of a "flat" piece of plastic as possible (hopefully the where the sides meet the bottom will bend out?)
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Get a set of those "a different colour for each food type" chopping boards, which are one or two mm thick.
Set of 4 for a couple of quid, from B&M - not my usual shop, but I was on a serious "hunting for stuff that can be repurposed" mission
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belugabob wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:06 pm Get a set of those "a different colour for each food type" chopping boards, which are one or two mm thick.
Set of 4 for a couple of quid, from B&M - not my usual shop, but I was on a serious "hunting for stuff that can be repurposed" mission
Actually went out with this express intention the other day and all I could find were thick ones or fancy wooden boards... turns out 1" of oak will stop it folding in on itself but doesn't leave much room for anything else. :grin:
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AndyTheBikeGuy wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:08 pm
belugabob wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:06 pm Get a set of those "a different colour for each food type" chopping boards, which are one or two mm thick.
Set of 4 for a couple of quid, from B&M - not my usual shop, but I was on a serious "hunting for stuff that can be repurposed" mission
Actually went out with this express intention the other day and all I could find were thick ones or fancy wooden boards... turns out 1" of oak will stop it folding in on itself but doesn't leave much room for anything else. :grin:
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8434984 ... lsrc=aw.ds
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belugabob wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:20 pm
AndyTheBikeGuy wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:08 pm
belugabob wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:06 pm Get a set of those "a different colour for each food type" chopping boards, which are one or two mm thick.
Set of 4 for a couple of quid, from B&M - not my usual shop, but I was on a serious "hunting for stuff that can be repurposed" mission
Actually went out with this express intention the other day and all I could find were thick ones or fancy wooden boards... turns out 1" of oak will stop it folding in on itself but doesn't leave much room for anything else. :grin:
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8434984 ... lsrc=aw.ds
I have LDPE sheet, which is 1.5mm, it is, a softer plastic so unlike 1.0 mm HDPE, which is more rigid. So does Not drum when a loose item rattles inside. I converted an old Karrimor barbag this way..
pm me if you want add some...
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I recentley used one of the Argos chopping boards foe stiffening a handlebar harness. Can confirm that they sew through no problem with my Singer 201k
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Singer 201k, basic (by modern standards) straight stitch with reverse. They sew well through any thing.
The Rolls Royce of all domestics by Singer. Before zig-zag was common in the 60's.

I have one as well.... And a pfaff 701 zigzag domestic, and a commercial built on a table Pfaff 481 with thread auto trim and backstitch, needle feed (zero seam slippage but only light to medium duty).
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ledburner wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:50 am
I have LDPE sheet, which is 1.5mm, it is, a softer plastic so unlike 1.0 mm HDPE, which is more rigid. So does Not drum when a loose item rattles inside. I converted an old Karrimor barbag this way..
pm me if you want add some...
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Thanks for the offer ledburner, I actually sorted it with some packaging plastic which worked well and was pleasing as it saved it going in the recycling.
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Hi, I'm glad you. sorted it. :-bd
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