I've considered making a similar idea to what BJ has linked in screen
to use as a poor mans Florida room during the black fly and bug
season. I figure you could easily add two camp chairs under there and
you would feel as trapped in when those suckers start biting. ;-)

JFF

On Mar 25, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

That's very cool!   Easy to rig too, I bet.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Joe Federici
<joefederici@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> BJ
>
> Not sure if you've looked at the setup that came with the
> adventurewagen but it's OK. The links will give you an idea of how it
> works. The fabric used is coated nylon and a simple zipper is sewn
> in. I do bit of sewing myself, backpacks, bags and fleece shirts and
> find for outdoor fabrics your better off ordering off the web. I'd
> take a look at <http://www.questoutfitters.com/> and <http://
> www.owfinc.com/Fabrics/fabricmain.htm> both are owned  by very
> helpful people and they are used to first time sewers. Give them a
> call and I'm sure they can offer advice on the best coated nylons and
> I'd consider a zipper.
>
> <http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/2361296157_5937bccfd1_o.jpg>
>
> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2362127884_c36b42b2c0.jpg>
>
> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2362127960_41e12e8673.jpg>
>
> JFF
>
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2008, at 1:39 PM, BJ Feddish wrote:
>
> I want to build some shower stalls for both my 83.5 Westy and my EV
> MV.  I
> like the design I see at http://tinyurl.com/27nhge . I know I can buy
> something similar right now but they are $250 each and that $500 is
> being
> put aside for when my engine blows.  I don't want a free standing
> shower
> because it looks like a shower and attracts the park rangers and
> their grey
> water collection speech. (Please don't start the grey water argument
> again...) Anyway, I'm going to make ones that look like the attached
> photo
> except I'd like to add some screens too.  After looking for fabrics
> on the
> web I discovered that waterproof fabrics can be pretty expensive.
> Perhaps
> this is why the German pre-made versions of these are $250. I don't
> want to
> do the blue-tarp route either.  I found a fabric locally called "Sport
> Nylon" it's nice and thin and appears like it would pack up well.  A
> small
> writeup can be found at http://tinyurl.com/234grr . I also found some
> vinyl
> but it's too think.  Is anybody familiar with this "Sport Nylon"
> product and
> do you think it would work?
>
> If I move forward with this I may make some for some listmembers too
> if it
> turns out OK.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>

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Jake
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