It’s A Boat? It’s A Duck? It’s A DIY Plastic Wrap Kayak! | Hackaday

2022-07-15 22:29:08 By : Mr. Mark Liu

Only few cinematic moments were as traumatically heartbreaking as [Mufasa]’s death in The Lion King and [Wilson]’s demise in Cast Away. To think, if only [Tom Hanks]’ character had found a role roll of stretch wrap in the washed up cargo content, he could have built a vessel with enough room to safely store his faithful companion. Sounds unlikely? Well, [sg19point3] begs to differ, and has a kayak to prove it.

It’s as brilliant as its construction materials are simple: tree branches, packing tape, and of course the stretch wrap. [sg19point3] used two different types of branches, one that bends just enough to shape the kayak in its length, and a more flexible variety to form the rings that hold it all together. After removing the bark, he shaped the branches as needed using some pegs in the ground, and let it dry for a few days. Once ready, he put them together and stabilized the construct with packing tape until it was ready for the grand finale of wrapping the entire thing in several layers of plastic wrap. To prove he trusts his own construct, he took it for a ride to the nearest water and lived to tell the tale — and to make a video about it, which is embedded after the break.

Admittedly, putting it together all by yourself on a remote island may be a bit laborious after all, so good thing [sg19point3] had some friends to help with the wrapping. Whether you’d want to take it beyond your local, shallow pond is maybe another story — you’d definitely want to steer clear of sharp rocks. For something more sturdy, check out the 3D-printed kayak from a few years ago. But in case you prefer wood, here’s a beautiful canoe.

I seen the title and thought it might be this. BTW, if you go to his other channel he did some buildings as well as several kayak versions…

Yes, he did many amazing things.

Yeah! Egorov rulez in the woods!

I could have played the role of stretch wrap

Well Indians made canoes out of birch bark for thousands of years so why not.

They used birchbark canoes in India?

Kayaks were all DIY. At least I have never heard of an ancient Inuit kayak factory.

Yikes. One sharp rock or pointy stick and you’re sunk.

Shrinkwrap is actually surprisingly tough. Especially if multiple layers are used. Pointy sticks are… not that dangerous, IMO.

Ah, but it doesn’t fold up:

Egorov also made kayak with water resistant trap that could be also used as shelter so you don’t have to bring stretch tape just knife and tarp and you have both kayak and tent :)

To think, if only [Tom Hanks]’ character had found a role of stretch wrap in the washed up cargo content,

It’s “roll” not “role”.

You know, I read it like a dozen times and sensed something was wrong with the word, but couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I blame my native language which uses the same word for both ;)

I’d like to see the movie where Tom Hanks plays a role as stretch wrap.

The stuff they use to wrap cargo on pallets is very strong and certainly thicker than the stuff you can buy in the grocery store. I have a roll of it left over from when we last moved.

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