A guy is building a float tube from scratch

[stanbery]

Cool Link
For those of you that went on the big fish hunt it is the guy that passed us up on the trail with the bike.

http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21680

Jon

[RichardCullip]

Amazing. Have you ordered one yet?

[midger]

That's a really nice writeup on the development of a truly packable tube. Look forward to seeing the final, finished product.

[Pete]

Man, and I thought some of us were anal about tying and rod building . Thanks for posting it. Looks like a cool process.

[rkfiske]

Jon,
I'm not sure if you ran into him at the BFH also, but he was for sure the guy who passed us up on a bike when we went there during Jon's mammoth retreat weekend.

I recognize that weird orange tube he had

[Papasequoia]

I was already feeling like a sluggish layabout due to the number of half-finished projects I have going on. Reading that thread didn't help. Seriously though, that's a pretty cool DIY report.

[briansII]

The guy is an engineer, and very......how would you say it? "fanatical" about stuff like this. He also has plans(checkout the thread at the same forum)for a pram. I'm sending him a float tube, so he can do some R&D. Really look forward to seeing the finished product.

briansII

[theophilus]

Here's a home made tube/pontoon more in line with my abilities



Custom!!

Doug

[1mocast]

Thats the guy from the gathering. Kind of cool pump too. It was just a "pillow" shaped bladder with a valve. He would blow it up with his mouth, attach to the bladder and "squeeze" the air into the tube.

[stanbery]

Thats the guy from the gathering. Kind of cool pump too. It was just a "pillow" shaped bladder with a valve. He would blow it up with his mouth, attach to the bladder and "squeeze" the air into the tube.

Yes that is him.

Jon

[Eric]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric