DIY laminated frame bag and fenders.
Note: a frame bag and fenders below.
I guess some of you might be interested in this. I made myself a small handlebar bag from laminated plastig bags (laminating instructions can be found by googling).
Ingredients:
plastic bags
straps
D-links
velcro tape
cardboard box (I used an old cell phone box, but of course ome could make a custom mold)
(I forgot to take pics when making the bag so I'll try to use my poor english to describe the different phases)
1. Take a sheet of laminated plastic. Smaller sheets can easily be sewn together and the seams can be ironed
2. Cut the sheet that it encloses the mold box (the principle is same as in, for example, cardboard boxes). One should make the creases to laminate, so it is easier to fold to shape (I used ruler and pen
3. Take the iron and put the seams together with more plastic bags (it's like welding - one could probably do the same with hot-air blower, but I do not have one yet).
4. Add velcro closures. Press studs could probably be used too. OR, one could sew a zipper to front panel beforehand, and then cut the mold to pieces and remove it via the zipper hole).
5. Make straps (I used nylon straps with D-links and velcro and make some slits to plastic box to appropriate places). The slits can be sealed with tape or glue.
The bag looks like this (as you can see, it's not waterproof because of the cardboard box design):
And with hatch open:
Now, this is only a prototype to test whether it is possible to execute my ultimate plan, which is to make a full-sized frame bag to my Pugs from laminated plastic.
Note: a frame bag and fenders below.
I guess some of you might be interested in this. I made myself a small handlebar bag from laminated plastig bags (laminating instructions can be found by googling).
Ingredients:
plastic bags
straps
D-links
velcro tape
cardboard box (I used an old cell phone box, but of course ome could make a custom mold)
(I forgot to take pics when making the bag so I'll try to use my poor english to describe the different phases)
1. Take a sheet of laminated plastic. Smaller sheets can easily be sewn together and the seams can be ironed
2. Cut the sheet that it encloses the mold box (the principle is same as in, for example, cardboard boxes). One should make the creases to laminate, so it is easier to fold to shape (I used ruler and pen
3. Take the iron and put the seams together with more plastic bags (it's like welding - one could probably do the same with hot-air blower, but I do not have one yet).
4. Add velcro closures. Press studs could probably be used too. OR, one could sew a zipper to front panel beforehand, and then cut the mold to pieces and remove it via the zipper hole).
5. Make straps (I used nylon straps with D-links and velcro and make some slits to plastic box to appropriate places). The slits can be sealed with tape or glue.
The bag looks like this (as you can see, it's not waterproof because of the cardboard box design):
And with hatch open:
Now, this is only a prototype to test whether it is possible to execute my ultimate plan, which is to make a full-sized frame bag to my Pugs from laminated plastic.