Making the DIY Bulgarian Bag

Reposted from: http://mountainstrength.squarespace.com/home/2009/7/19/making-the-homemade-bulgarian-bag.html

It all started with this post of mine on Twitter:

Feeling inspired today, gonna make a homemade Bulgarian bag:http://bit.ly/g4kNS thanks @ZEvenEsh

The video on his site shows Matty Wichlinski building a bulgarian bag from some easy to buy parts.

I have recreated the process here with using rubber mulch (wood pellets are seasonal, its summer,  and Home Depot did have some but we would have needed a fork lift and a team to get them so I opted for rubber mulch)

So my trip consisted of

• Autozone for the car tire inner tube ($15)
• Home depot: Rubber Mulch ($9), Zip ties ($2)
• Total: $26 + tax
• Weight: 11lbs

(I already had the Duct Tape in the house, so no cost for that)

First I took the inner tube and cut through the tube on either side of the air plug.

Then I grabbed one end and twisted. This helped me figure out how long the handle would be.

The inner tube has a great curve for a bulgarian bag, I grabbed the other side of the tube until I found a place that felt comfortable for the second handle and cut the excess tube off.

I then zip tied where I wanted to start the first handle and duct taped the sip tie down (once around)

This gave me a great place to start the handle. I grabbed the rubber for the handle and rotated it like I was wringing out a towel.

I then duct taped the handle going in the direction of the wringing spiral.

Now I was ready to start filling the inner tube with rubber mulch.

I started with scooping the mulch with my hand, but that got tiring and I instead used a plasting cup instead.

Once the mulch was filled up to where I wanted the 2nd handle all that was left was to repeat the handle creation process.

(Wringing the tube... sounds dirty :-)

Here it is all done!

Using the rubber mulch made it a bit light but great for a beginner: 11 lbs !!

I am sure wood pellets will be a bit heavier or even rubber mulch with sand!

(Edit: I ended up wrapping the handles in Hockey tape for a better grip)

Have fun making your own now!

Rich Borgatti

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Thanks!

Rich

Comments

[scooters mobility]

I can't see the finish product just the handle.I can't imagine how it looks like.But still Thanks to the author who have share some tips and procedure how to do it.