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Agreed, to you both. The tubing may be too light. I will make some measurements with calipers on the bows I have. Easy enough to figure out the wall thickness. Yes Gunther, the bends are not 90deg exactly. I have a protractor I will use to measure the angle before I replicate it, if I undertake...

Any person who has a HMMWV that has wanted to fit a cargo or troop cover where there wasn't one when it came into his or her possession has had to either look locally and hope for a set of bows or order them and pay extra shipping fees due to the oversize package restriction. In some cases Less...

Here is a link to the correct C&C outdoor thread. There are many colors available besides White. I have used it on milvinyl before with good results. Now I buy milspec rated thread in lots by the pound. If anyone need a MILE of thread for something, let me know ;)...

If your window is in good shape sure, just restitch it. Be sure to use Outdoor rated thread. The company Coats and Clark, a very old thread and sewing notions company, sell an outdoor rated upholstery thread I recommend. If your window is in any way degraded, cloudy, scratched, or cracked, you...

Bump for September. I have some cargo covers in stock and can make a custom one readily. I also repair/upgrade rear curtains with bigger windows and zippered roll up centers.

They look good. I wonder it it's something I could CAD and 3D print and put on eBay. I don't put my printer to work to pay for itself enough.

Bumping this for one last reminder. I have soft slant back kits in stock in several colors and two black HMMWV 4-man cargo covers also. I will not bring any unless someone commits to purchase, as I haven't the room for a "maybe" in my car this year.

Cabell, we are coming Friday noon-ish. Because my HMMWV is busted (again) I won't be coming with the usual glamping setup. Lean and mean this year. We love having a campfire, but won't be able to bring wood this year. Do you know of some dried, cut wood we can gather and split? I can bring an...

When this happens to me, it's a timing issue. It does sound like you also have other problems, which isn't a surprise on an old truck. All I can do is encourage you at this point, since I have no direct experience with the M135 (though I daydream about having one). Please keep us posted. BDGR

Thanks Grendel and HDN for the replies about tutorials. I’ll check them out. I tried doing the Fusion free course but it didn’t suit me. I should still try again I guess. I’m limiting myself not knowing how to use Fusion. I can bash something out but I’m doing a lot of the steps manually instead...

I would like to get more use out of my industrial printer (Ultimaker S5 Pro). Lately, it sits when I'm not printing fittings for my tiny HMMWV bed cover business. I would trade free, or at-cost, printing in exchange for handholding Fusion lessons and/or CAD-to-order designing of some things...

Looking forward to it. For the swap meet I may bring a few small things. As a reminder to the HMMWV crowd, I have vinyl soft slant back kits and custom cargo covers available. All handmade, by me. I can bring one/some if anyone is interested in making a purchase. Bulldogger

Posted elsewhere but also here in case: I can bring any of my handmade HMMWV soft slant back kits or cargo covers to the rally if anyone is interested in buying one. Please message me. See you soon, Bulldogger

I will be going to Graves Mountain Rally 2025 and can bring a soft slant back kit and/or sailcloth cargo cover (or more than one) with me if anyone is interested in purchasing one. (Both are for 4-man HMMWV variants.) I will NOT be driving my HMMWV because it has a blown head gasket (or worse)...

That last time I read my TM it said Dexron III, which is near impossible to find. After asking others here, I have been using DexMerc without any noticeable issue. BDGR

For patterning muslin would be fine. I've also used lightweight packing paper, like Amazon or others sometimes stuff into boxes. If you want to get fancy, Sailrite sells a patterning vinyl that is slightly tacky so it can be positioned and folded and so on. You should be fine with any...

The Chinese hand crank machines can work, but they need a fair amount to tweaking to handle the job. There is a YouTuber by the name of Hightower who has a series of excellent videos on how to set them up for success. I will offer that you need two hands to wrangle a piece of material of any...

That is a cute little machine. Lots of seams and fitment. Two suggestions if you take it to someone to fit out: 1) if the paulin that you plan to have cut down has ever been outside, please wash and dry it well. I have taken old HMMWV vinyl in for repair as-is right off the truck and the dirt...

I came close to trying to make M116A2 covers while I had one in my driveway, but it's a lot of material to wrangle and my table and machines are just not up to it. The thought was starting on M116 and move up to M101 and maybe even 2.5/5 tons. Until I have a larger table and a long-arm sewing...

czechsix, your plan to harvest material from a used M35 cover sounds like a great way to pull new life from an old cover. It's also the cheapest source of material you'll find. Heavy weight MilSpec PVC Vinyl is running $35/yard delivered lately, and may go up even though it is made in USA...