Sandbags
- Thread starter dasher
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Ten years ago, I had a seamstress make me saddle bags which i'd then fill with buckshot... (about 12 pounds each flap).. if i had to do it over again, i'd attempt boa bags from matthews as well. my first attempt at cloning the boa was pitiful and futile. Almost made me break down and order them but i'll try one more time.
twocik23
Veteran
Yea don't use rice ! I made sake in the back seat of my SUV on a hot fri. 
Some how water was spilled on the bags and wow did they stink.
Look for a harder material, like canvas. Sew the seams inside out, and use some sort of plastic bag to hold the sand. Don't just throw the sand in the canvas. You might also look into getting some glue, maybe rubber cement for the inside edges. I'd also sew in a zipper.
Good luck
Some how water was spilled on the bags and wow did they stink. Look for a harder material, like canvas. Sew the seams inside out, and use some sort of plastic bag to hold the sand. Don't just throw the sand in the canvas. You might also look into getting some glue, maybe rubber cement for the inside edges. I'd also sew in a zipper.
Good luck
dasher
Well-known member
Yea don't use rice ! I made sake in the back seat of my SUV on a hot fri.
Look for a harder material, like canvas. Sew the seams inside out, and use some sort of plastic bag to hold the sand. Don't just throw the sand in the canvas. You might also look into getting some glue, maybe rubber cement for the inside edges. I'd also sew in a zipper.
Good luck
sorry but that was LMAO funny. Good advice on everything. i'll keep my eye out for that and ankle bracelets. Sorry to hear about the seamstress, I'm beginning to think that I might cave in on these 10 dollar 35 lb bags that my friend is selling. Thanks everyone.
Jeff Anderson
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If you can get ten dollar 35 lb bags locally (no shipping) - go for it. I use Boa bags and they're completely worth what they cost IMO. If you're going to make your own its a great design to copy. I wont use conventional style saddlebags again.
DIY Sand Bags
DIY Sand Bags
I got some bags of playground sand from Home Depot. The stuff is really cheap. I also got some large freezer bags and went around the edges with duct tape so the sand wouldn't leak out. Get yourself some canvas material, they have large Painter's cloth at Home Depot that are made out of canvas duck material. Cut your canvas down to the size you want and fold over two pockets to the middle mark and sew up the edges leaving the middle unsewn. Turn the bag inside out so your seam lines are on the inside. Place your freezer bag inside each side of the bag making sure that the ziplock portion is zipped almost closed. Sew the middle portion of each side of the back almost closed leaving a little section open so you can pour your sand in. Get a funnel and put the small end into the opening in the canvas bag and into your opening of the freezer bag. Fill it to the desired fullness and then zip the freezer bag the rest of the way closed. Tape the zipper end shut with some duck tape. Do the filling on both sides of the sand bag. You can then sew the final opening close. Get yourself some nylon webbing for the handle and sew that down the middle running up and down both sides with a zigzag stitch leaving a big loop for the handle. The handle will now be in the middle with both sides of the sand bag hanging down. I will try and post pics of my own. I got the plans from Killer Camera Rigs.
DIY Sand Bags
I got some bags of playground sand from Home Depot. The stuff is really cheap. I also got some large freezer bags and went around the edges with duct tape so the sand wouldn't leak out. Get yourself some canvas material, they have large Painter's cloth at Home Depot that are made out of canvas duck material. Cut your canvas down to the size you want and fold over two pockets to the middle mark and sew up the edges leaving the middle unsewn. Turn the bag inside out so your seam lines are on the inside. Place your freezer bag inside each side of the bag making sure that the ziplock portion is zipped almost closed. Sew the middle portion of each side of the back almost closed leaving a little section open so you can pour your sand in. Get a funnel and put the small end into the opening in the canvas bag and into your opening of the freezer bag. Fill it to the desired fullness and then zip the freezer bag the rest of the way closed. Tape the zipper end shut with some duck tape. Do the filling on both sides of the sand bag. You can then sew the final opening close. Get yourself some nylon webbing for the handle and sew that down the middle running up and down both sides with a zigzag stitch leaving a big loop for the handle. The handle will now be in the middle with both sides of the sand bag hanging down. I will try and post pics of my own. I got the plans from Killer Camera Rigs.
Jim Brennan
VHS Member Old Skool
That's a great book.
Another plan for boa-style bags is to get kids jeans from the goodwill. Cut the legs off, divide them into thirds and fill each end with sand, shot or whatever and sew the middle third flat. You can make really small ones with toddler jeans, or go as big as you want.
Another plan for boa-style bags is to get kids jeans from the goodwill. Cut the legs off, divide them into thirds and fill each end with sand, shot or whatever and sew the middle third flat. You can make really small ones with toddler jeans, or go as big as you want.
