I hate putting holes in things, especially if it's for something temporary. I'll walk through hardware stores or places like harbor freight (we have princess auto in Canada, same thing) and sort of take mental notes of what they have for future projects. A few friends now have similar set ups on their boats
Thanks. Pretty much all of my buddies that have duck boats have copied this design to some extent. I even had people trying to get me to make some, but it wouldn't be cheap taking in to account the hours behind a sewing machine... About 15 hours of sewing.
I found some nylon/cotton camo stuff at the fabric store on sale and got the sewing machine out. If you're new to sewing it's a big project but do-able, nothing is overly complicated.
Yep. You could sew long sleeves, but then you would have to thread the conduit through them and it would be a real pain. What I did was just use some buckles so the cover wraps around the conduit and holds itself on. If I ever needed to take the cover off the frame, I just undo the buckles.
I took the chairs that I planned on using and sat in them in the boat to determine the height. Every set up will be different depending on the boat, the seat, the person etc.
If you look, there is webbing sewn in around the canvass. A few rows of that, tacked every 8" or so, it's like molle but bigger spacing. I'll tuck fresh grass and reeds in there. I also have one of those die cut loose leaf camo blind things that I add as a layer once everything has turned brown later in the season to disguise the green of the usual canvass. It works good.
After 2 seasons it's still like new. It sits on the boat from September to end of december. It's not 100% waterproof but we stay dry in it, and if it gets wet I open it up on a dry day and it dries up nice. Some waterproofing spray would work great on it
The ratcheting cargo bars are a great idea, definitely going to do something similar! Great video!
I hate putting holes in things, especially if it's for something temporary.
I'll walk through hardware stores or places like harbor freight (we have princess auto in Canada, same thing) and sort of take mental notes of what they have for future projects.
A few friends now have similar set ups on their boats
Very nice job. One of the best home blinds Ive seen...
Thanks. Pretty much all of my buddies that have duck boats have copied this design to some extent. I even had people trying to get me to make some, but it wouldn't be cheap taking in to account the hours behind a sewing machine... About 15 hours of sewing.
Like your set up, where did you buy the camo cover.
I found some nylon/cotton camo stuff at the fabric store on sale and got the sewing machine out. If you're new to sewing it's a big project but do-able, nothing is overly complicated.
Got any pictures of it brushed in?
Are there sleves on the inside that the conduit slides through? Sorry just kinda hard to see. Or is the cover just kinda held by tension
Yep. You could sew long sleeves, but then you would have to thread the conduit through them and it would be a real pain. What I did was just use some buckles so the cover wraps around the conduit and holds itself on. If I ever needed to take the cover off the frame, I just undo the buckles.
What length did you make the conduit height wise?
I took the chairs that I planned on using and sat in them in the boat to determine the height. Every set up will be different depending on the boat, the seat, the person etc.
Looks like it’s been a while since this video was posted, did you add any brush to this to hunt? If not, how well did the ducks come to it?
If you look, there is webbing sewn in around the canvass. A few rows of that, tacked every 8" or so, it's like molle but bigger spacing. I'll tuck fresh grass and reeds in there. I also have one of those die cut loose leaf camo blind things that I add as a layer once everything has turned brown later in the season to disguise the green of the usual canvass.
It works good.
Is that camo waterproof? How has it held up in the weather?
After 2 seasons it's still like new. It sits on the boat from September to end of december.
It's not 100% waterproof but we stay dry in it, and if it gets wet I open it up on a dry day and it dries up nice.
Some waterproofing spray would work great on it