Do you make your own gear?

I’m always looking for DIY information for making your own gear. There are some great ideas that work as well as (if not better than) their costly name brand counterparts.

One of the sites that gave me the idea for a super light and cheap backpacking tent is backpacking.net’s homemade gear page.

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html

I’m hoping to use the “Jones tent II” as a base to make my own variation of a 2 persons backpacking tent.

The instructions are generally thorough and include diagrams with measurements.

Enjoy. If you do use the site or have used similar guides to make your own gear, I’d love to hear it.