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naas commented on the post, The Silicone Roller: my new favorite tool 5 years, 8 months ago

yes, you still need both hands to do it, so everything mustbe fixed in place by tape before you begin welding

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naas commented on the post, The Silicone Roller: my new favorite tool 5 years, 8 months ago

we made a video about it:

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naas replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 8 months ago

We made a video describing how to use a hot air soldering station to weld TPU nylon:
naas started the topic Packrafting Helmets in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 8 months ago

Decathlon now sells a “Soft surfing helmet”

https://www.decathlon.com/products/soft-head-protection-for-surfing

This seems like a good choice to me for whitwater up to Class III or so.

any other compact/light options out there?
naas commented on the post, The Silicone Roller: my new favorite tool 5 years, 9 months ago

YES, this works even better in combination with a hot air soldering station:
https://www.banggood.com/858D-220V-Hot-Air-Soldering-Rework-Station-Handle-Handle-Stand3-Nozzles-p-1129100.html?rmmds=buy&cur_warehouse=CN

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naas commented on the post, The Silicone Roller: my new favorite tool 5 years, 9 months ago

YES, this works even better in combination with a hot air soldering station:
https://www.banggood.com/858D-220V-Hot-Air-Soldering-Rework-Station-Handle-Handle-Stand3-Nozzles-p-1129100.html?rmmds=buy&cur_warehouse=CN

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naas replied to the topic Pure TPU as adhesive in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago

i don’t see why rolling wouldn’t work just as well.
naas replied to the topic Pure TPU as adhesive in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago

I just tried the VHB tape,

If you clamp it momentaraly between two pieces of wood, it bonds very good to the non coated side. On the TPU coated side it doen’t stick very well.
naas commented on the post, Website Speed Maintenance 6 years, 8 months ago

yes, it works now. thanks

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naas started the topic Seam strip start in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago

I was thinking of using 420d double sided fabric for the first 5 cm of the seam strips. This way it would be possible to just follow the fabric of the side tubes for bonding to the floor and avoiding the sharp bend (these are in my opinion the weakest points in the packrafts) in the seam strips. This would however only be possible to do by using…[Read more]
naas started the topic Pure TPU as adhesive in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago

I think it should be possible to substitute the aquaseal/seamgrip with pure TPU. If it works, i thing this might be a more elegant solution. There are many options available:

Tape…[Read more]
naas commented on the post, Website Speed Maintenance 6 years, 8 months ago

We can’t properly login to the forum…
I managed to post in the “say hi” thread, but thats about it.
website is constantly telling us: “You must be logged in to create new topics.”
We tried multiple browsers…

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naas replied to the topic New users say "Hi" here to prove you are not a Spam Bot in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago

Hi

naas

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