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#183738 - 09/30/09 04:22 PM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: EchoingLaugh]
JBMat Offline
Old Hand

Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 745
Loc: NC
I won't go into the woods without a military type poncho. Preferably the nylon one, as it saves weight.

Uses -

Ground cloth
Tarp
Sleeping bag
Stretcher
Water hauler
Raft
Sunshade
Pillow
Pack

Alton Brown says he has one uni-function item in his kitchen, the fire extinguisher. I like to see how many functions I can get out of the stuff I carry.

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#183739 - 09/30/09 04:31 PM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: JBMat]
dweste Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
There are no uni-taskers. I have been told that suitably rigged fire extinguishers can act as mortars to propel projectiles, baited fishing hooks, etc., several hundred yards. The empty would make a good weight, earth or snow tamper, improvised hammer, core to coil or bend stuff around, and that is just a start.

Even Alton could form some dough on the thing, or maybe use it as a big rolling pin, to prepare some Good Eats.


Edited by dweste (09/30/09 04:34 PM)

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#184168 - 10/03/09 04:41 PM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: dweste]
Kona1 Offline
Newbie

Registered: 09/29/09
Posts: 42
Loc: Pacific Northwest, USA
Chapstick as firestarter - read it,tried it,loved it! Wiped some on dryer lint,paper towel,cloth,cotton ball and burned each one side by side to an untreated sample and was quite impressed. Easy to carry,clean to use,can be used as originally intended and looks very innocent.

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#184217 - 10/04/09 05:31 AM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: ]
dweste Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
Chapstick / petroleum jelly is a decent improvised lubricant, fuel, sealant, particulate abrasive carrier, dye / ink / paint solvent, and waterproofing agent.

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#184327 - 10/05/09 02:46 PM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: EchoingLaugh]
EchoingLaugh Offline
Member

Registered: 09/20/09
Posts: 158
Loc: MO, On the Mississippi
Carry a little notebook. Write questions, comments, to do's, sketch a pic, or the location of a pic in your phone on the right hand page. The left page is for answers, info, what have you. Example: Right page:Is this mushroom poisonous? Additional Storage 08-27-09_103759 On the left: yes. Extremely so. do not touch and a sketch including the color, size, and early form.
_________________________
Jim
Do you know where your towel is?
Don't Panic!
I have an extra.

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#184391 - 10/06/09 02:02 AM Re: Macgyver-type tips and tricks [Re: EchoingLaugh]
JohnE Offline
Addict

Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 601
Loc: Southern Cal
Personally I'd save the fire extinguisher for fighting fires. Multi tasking is great but when you break or disable something that's meant to be used as an emergency tool, you're kinda screwed.

Obviously if I had to roll some dough in a life or death situation, I'd reassess...

There's a point beyond which multi tasking becomes problematic.


_________________________
JohnE

"and all the lousy little poets
comin round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson"

The Future/Leonard Cohen


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