First off, thanks to all the amazing people in the forums and in the community as a whole. In the span of about 6 months I’ve made a DIY gathered end with an integrated bugnet, a 30ish degree underquilt that attaches via Kam snaps, and a 0ish degree top quilt. Along with a new pack from ULA I have shaved about 10lbs off my base weight. The amount of experience and info in these forums is astounding and has been invaluable.
That brings me to my next project, a Thunderfly clone tarp from 1.1oz silpoly a-la Kitsapcowboy’s badlander. In his posts he talks about superimposing both halves and cutting as one. I’m torn with going a step further and folding the superimposed sides in half as a mirror image and cutting once, resulting in all 4 quadrants getting cut at the same time. I’m also considering just marking and cutting each part individually.
If everything lines up then folding and cutting is great, if any part of it slips then the whole deal is off kilter at best. I had also toyed with doing the ridgeline seam first to make sure it lines up and then mark and cut after that. I’m not worried about time and energy, but mostly about doing it right and as close to perfect as I can get for someone who barely knows what he’s doing.
Anyone have any good or bad experience with any of the above?
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