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Originally Posted By marnsdorff: Doesn't look bad, keep working on it. Do a few more and they will start looking real nice. Just bite the bullet and buy an 8 oz or 16oz spool of good quality tan thread. I use 'Coyote' (color number 498) thread for most things. A&E, Coats, and Fil-Tec are all decent brands. Look for bonded nylon. You can probably get away with a good tan and a black thread. A barely use any black thread, mostly for putting on patches. A big spool like those will last you a long long time for casual sewing. You will need an industrial spool hanger stand for the spools, but those are cheap on amazon. Here ya go. Check this one out. It's T70 size thread, that's what you'd want to use for actual gear if your machine will handle that big of thread. Otherwise, look for a size T45 thread similar to that one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126358104225 Here's an example of a black T45 size thread. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126703236617 WTF has spools of thread too, they're a little more expensive than ebay, but ebay is really hit and miss. And WTF is a good company - one of the guys posts on here in this subforum. If you don't want to look around for thread, go check out their thread. Both brands they carry are good. https://www.wtfidea.com/milspec-nylon-thread-tex-45-size-46-gov-b-a-e-berry-compliant-a-a-59826a-bonded-coyote-brown/ Originally Posted By marnsdorff: Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: The journey to suck less at sewing marches on. Of course Joann store closed……. So that was an hour drive for nothing. And hobby lobby sucks ass for sewing stuffs. So ran out of tan thread. O well. Hasty repairs of holes, and RAID modded an old desert top I had stored in the attic, https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0718_jpeg-3594174.JPG Doesn't look bad, keep working on it. Do a few more and they will start looking real nice. Just bite the bullet and buy an 8 oz or 16oz spool of good quality tan thread. I use 'Coyote' (color number 498) thread for most things. A&E, Coats, and Fil-Tec are all decent brands. Look for bonded nylon. You can probably get away with a good tan and a black thread. A barely use any black thread, mostly for putting on patches. A big spool like those will last you a long long time for casual sewing. You will need an industrial spool hanger stand for the spools, but those are cheap on amazon. Here ya go. Check this one out. It's T70 size thread, that's what you'd want to use for actual gear if your machine will handle that big of thread. Otherwise, look for a size T45 thread similar to that one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126358104225 Here's an example of a black T45 size thread. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126703236617 WTF has spools of thread too, they're a little more expensive than ebay, but ebay is really hit and miss. And WTF is a good company - one of the guys posts on here in this subforum. If you don't want to look around for thread, go check out their thread. Both brands they carry are good. https://www.wtfidea.com/milspec-nylon-thread-tex-45-size-46-gov-b-a-e-berry-compliant-a-a-59826a-bonded-coyote-brown/ Good info. Thanks. My machine is just a Singer “Heavy Duty” 44S from walmart. Have to do some research on max thread. A Juki will be bought after I get done with spending money on renovations on my new house. I will order some of this stuff online since Joann was the only good shop within an hour of me. Hobby Lobby/Wal Mart only sells stick on velcro, which really gums up the needle. Lol. |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: Good info. Thanks. My machine is just a Singer “Heavy Duty” 44S from walmart. Have to do some research on max thread. A Juki will be bought after I get done with spending money on renovations on my new house. I will order some of this stuff online since Joann was the only good shop within an hour of me. Hobby Lobby/Wal Mart only sells stick on velcro, which really gums up the needle. Lol. Taking the leap up to a big boy machine eh? You must like sewing.  I saw a manual for your machine, it should take size 18 needles, which means you should be able to use T69 thread if you are careful. |
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Originally Posted By marnsdorff: Thus the more obscure camo the better you say? Originally Posted By marnsdorff: Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: Things are moving fast in the world of field sensors. If folks take some time to read up on the companies making AI/Algorithm assisted thermal/night vision…….. it is clear that the next generation of signaling is here. In a couple years all the camo pattern debates will be gone on Arfcom, since cameras will simply overlay the detected shapes within sensors. You will all come running back to OD green where you belong!  “ I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" - Albert Einstein Thus the more obscure camo the better you say? this is so true! I used to work in mistake proofing manufacturing plants, and we used thermal camera vision systems that could even detect a missing or wrong material o-ring being installed in a motor. The cameras and AI programs are so good right now it's scary.  Your camo pattern will get you killed |
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Two versions of the sewn faraday cloth VHF antennas. One is about $40 in materials and one is about $10 in materials. Below 3:1 swr on 144-170 Mhz with the frequency tuned at 152Mhz. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: Two versions of the sewn faraday cloth VHF antennas. One is about $40 in materials and one is about $10 in materials. Below 3:1 swr on 144-170 Mhz with the frequency tuned at 152Mhz. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0771_jpeg-3609170.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0768_jpeg-3609171.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0772_jpeg-3609182.JPG Have you tried using them yet? They work well? |
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I do have a few field trials on Version 1. Much more will take place next month of both versions. Version 2 was actually made for someone else, who will do his own independent testing. I am happy so far in terms of performance, ease of carry and deployment. I will probably make a few in GMRS/UHF, but I want to refine my coax termination method further so it is less of a headache in the build process. |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: I do have a few field trials on Version 1. Much more will take place next month of both versions. Version 2 was actually made for someone else, who will do his own independent testing. I am happy so far in terms of performance, ease of carry and deployment. I will probably make a few in GMRS/UHF, but I want to refine my coax termination method further so it is less of a headache in the build process. Report back on this, I'm interested in this. I've been wanting to get something similarish for my extra radios, and didn't want to buy them. |
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I do have a rough draft, of a product an actual tactical sewer could make money on i think. Basically an empty arborist weight sack, that you carry empty, and then add rocks. You can then use the weight to throw a line in a tree for antennas. You could of course store your bankline or whatever cordage you want inside that you will use to hoist the antenna. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: I do have a rough draft, of a product an actual tactical sewer could make money on i think. Basically an empty arborist weight sack, that you carry empty, and then add rocks. You can then use the weight to throw a line in a tree for antennas. You could of course store your bankline or whatever cordage you want inside that you will use to hoist the antenna. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0773_jpeg-3609393.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0774_jpeg-3609395.JPG You should fine tune it, and get your stitching down on it, then sell them. Sell them on etsy, amazon, and ebay. Heck, when I get my storefront open, I'll carry them for you. Make it a side hustle. Maybe make some of those antennas and sell them too. Do a batch of 10 of them, it'll cut down on your time per item. It'll help pay for your sewing hobby and make a little money on the side. |
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Built a waterproof mesh radio to run atak with some guys that want to play with it. I named it MPU5 in meshtastic for lolz. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Alpha-17: After years of debating it, I decided to try out desert camo for KS fall/winter use. Based on how these look, I think the idea has merit. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54937936868_62b1fe902e_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54937733276_89cfb4f730_c.jpg Might also be a use case for mixing desert and woodland patterns. Desert pants, M81/MARPAT/MARPAT Tiger top. Blends in really well with the grass |
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Lol, whats old is new again Attached File Sometimes I flip it. Greens on bottom is good when there's a lot of moss, ferns, or low pines and brown beach leaves still on the trees. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Alpha-17: After years of debating it, I decided to try out desert camo for KS fall/winter use. Based on how these look, I think the idea has merit. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54937936868_62b1fe902e_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54937733276_89cfb4f730_c.jpg Might also be a use case for mixing desert and woodland patterns. Desert pants, M81/MARPAT/MARPAT Tiger top. I'm not super picky on the pants. I have a few woodland and such colors, but I mostly keep generic multicam pants and a few desert camo pants for winter use. And use various woodlandish type camo tops. Same with ACU rain and especially softshell pants. For winter use. |
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Attached File Made some stuff on the sewing machine for my spotting scope for rifle matches. Sticky loop strip down top of scope. Sewed a pouch to hold my range cards and lens cleaning cloth inside. Hook velcro to attach to scope, velcro pouch closure. Sewed a double sided hook square, with objective lens lanyard. Adhesive loop on eye piece cover, so it can come off and sit on top of hook square. |
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Originally Posted By WRAM1: I always thought desert/arid would work well for KS winters as well as around wheat fields in May and June. |
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| MC Arid works in the grasslands here quite well unless it's rained and there's significant greenery. Not as good as the original, but a few pieces of kit in Arid can nicely augment Multicam (which, for reference, is the standard here). Wüstentarn doesn't work too bad, but is a bit light. Good for our deserts and badlands, though. Desert DPM sticks out just about anywhere. |
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 Grabbed an Agilite Sub Zero as a quick throw on active shooter kit. This is my first dabble into Agilite and I am pretty impressed with it. It definitely has a lot of nice features (the quick adjust cummerbund for wearing thicker clothing/jackets and the way the shoulder straps work/attach) and seems very well built. It checks all the boxes for the specific scenario I built it for and it's lightweight and comfortable. Plates in this are RMA Gen 2 1092's (rf2). (2 pistol mags, 1 extra rifle mag, set of handcuffs, pistol holster, dump pouch, and LBT blow-out IFAK plus additional TQ are all on my belt, which I'll have to snap some pics of at some point) |
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Originally Posted By OilfieldTrash78: What is everyone using for transportable of your gear? Would prefer a duffle of some sort that can possibly have dividers, and is padded. Would like to carry my PC, helmet and battle belt. Thanks Big bin from target 
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Originally Posted By OilfieldTrash78: What is everyone using for transportable of your gear? Would prefer a duffle of some sort that can possibly have dividers, and is padded. Would like to carry my PC, helmet and battle belt. Thanks I have my Dad's old Milwaukee tool duffle bag for an as of yet unfinished load out bag*. Super rugged, opens wide, lots of interior side pockets. I also use Dad's old Goldwing helmet bag as a range bag; he's gone, I don't ride and I think he'd chuckle at this. *There are no internal dividers beyond the ample interior pouches, my plan is to color code pouches for AR mags, pistol mags, etc... |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: I do have a rough draft, of a product an actual tactical sewer could make money on i think. Basically an empty arborist weight sack, that you carry empty, and then add rocks. You can then use the weight to throw a line in a tree for antennas. You could of course store your bankline or whatever cordage you want inside that you will use to hoist the antenna. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0773_jpeg-3609393.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/IMG_0774_jpeg-3609395.JPG Not trying to ruin your dreams, but..  You can get 1 oz ones, but even that 2 oz may be lighter than the bag and way smaller. |
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Originally Posted By wsix: Not trying to ruin your dreams, but.. https://www.westmarine.com/dw/image/v2/BGFG_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-wm-master-catalog/default/dweda8a124/images/orig/3014933_LRG.jpg?sw=576&sh=576 You can get 1 oz ones, but even that 2 oz may be lighter than the bag and way smaller. The persistent problem with those, is that they love going over a branch and immediatly getting tangling and snagged. The arborist weight bag or similar reduces the risk of that. Esp on trees with thick bark, like in AK the doug fur. That weight will be lodged and stuck in 2 sec. The L3Harris tunable dipole probably costs the military $2,000 and the best they could do was attach a 5cent fishing weight to the throw line. I cut them off. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By droys86: Because who doesn't love a full loadout pic? https://i.imgur.com/5TUZqb1.jpeg @droys86 What dump pouch is that? |
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@dj1975232 https://a.co/d/06JYznUQ I got two of these to attach to mag pouches for belts that didn't have any real estate left. |
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Working on a little IR tomfoolery for this year's FTXs. Got a bright IR flood light, 100feet of cable, to an ON/OFF switch, powered by my HF radio 12V battery. So many possibilities. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By WillieTangoFox: Working on a little IR tomfoolery for this year's FTXs. Got a bright IR flood light, 100feet of cable, to an ON/OFF switch, powered by my HF radio 12V battery. So many possibilities. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123862/1155_jpg-3739297.JPG Are you thinking to fuck over nvgs or utilize nvg vs guys with no nvgs? |
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Originally Posted By 03RN: Are you thinking to fuck over nvgs or utilize nvg vs guys with no nvgs? Use it as a photonic barrier against people with nods to conceal a defensive position against a deliberate attack. Or create a false line distraction on an unmanned flank. I usually run the OpFor team, so we are often in that situation. |
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If any gear lurkers are wanting ATAK over radio...... 4/2/26, one day sale, GoTak has their plugin on sale for the Btech UVPRO radio. Lifetime for $150. Covers all their supported radio models and you can move the license to future EUDs. Pic thread Attached File |
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