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Hi Matt, you absolutely can use this photo! As for the skeg, I don’t have any pictures of the current revision but here is what V1.0 looked like. As you can see it’s a two part design to make printing easy (three if you count the skeg) and is compatible with Intex skegs. Base is TPU and top is PETG, but V2.0 is all TPU since I have determined that…[Read more]

It sounds like an Ultralight is what you want… I paddle class 1+ in the Ultralight and sometimes carry my wife with me on lakes. If you dig through my old YouTube videos you can see me doing these things in earlier versions of what became the Ultralight. Just four days ago a customer who built an Ultralight emailed:

“By the way last weekend I…[Read more]

Hmm interesting. I thought the UL floor was 190gsm and the tubes were 115gsm, or something close to that. Were you dabbling with the idea of doubling up the UL floor or wall fabric to increase the abrasion and puncture resistance? What about using the 250gsm tube fabric as a floor base instead?

I remember you hosting fabric strength tests though…[Read more]

I’ve looked at the numbers before and unfortunately it doesn’t really make sense.

Having an Ultralight packraft with a wraparound floor wouldn’t make it stronger because the ultralight floor fabric is the same strength as the ultralight tube fabric.

Compared to a standard weight Telkwa, substituting ultralight tube fabric in a Telkwa only…[Read more]

Someone may have already mentioned it, but in my search for double-sided TPU-coated fabric, I came across adventurexpert.com, a shop in Slovenia.
I placed a small order and am now waiting for delivery.
Does anyone know this shop and have any experience with them?

Sounds great – thanks for the order!

Awesome!  I placed my order (with note) this morning.  I’ll be sure to post about the build process and how it goes incorporating the rod holders.  Also ordered the heating iron and silicone roller from aliexpress last week and they should be here soon, and I already have your fabric sample set from the shop to practice with.  Getting excited!

I printed a couple of these (no scaling) and they fit perfectly. I had to dial in the resolution for the threading, but even the rough prints threaded on (they bled just enough air to make it difficult to overcome the valve).

Thanks! I will be sure to add a note to my order, which I am anticipating to place within this next week.

Great job, and thanks for posting! Cool accessories, too!