Hi. This is amazing. Presumably the valve works because the air inside is pushing it closed?? Is that right? Im making pillows to be used in a swimming pool but want them only half full of air so for me im thinking this wouldn’t work right?? Any ideas? I’ve ordered some kids armbands to use as a valve for now but will experiment more with what you’ve made… love it! Thsnkyou 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks very interesting. A real science behind it all. Your father developed a cart and harness system for my camels years ago. Sadly we have both lost the dimensions. Would you have any records of them that you could share? I have a friend interested in building one. Rgds Piers

Brilliant - thanks - the valve element on various sculptures had been making me think - this has made everything easier - just need to start designing and building now....

اول شي يا محترم شكرا الك على مشاركة خبرتك في صناعة هذه المخدة... ثانيا اشكرك لانك واضح في الخطوات ثالثا... بقدر اقول لك انك شيخ وذيب وقناص ومحترف... تحياتي لك

I'm going to attempt making something similar from sheets of plastic and fused plastic shopping bags, figured they would make nice portable pillows for the homeless.

thanks for your great idea. have to try it out.

Thanks Peter. Me, I plan to buy a cheap tiny beach ball of about the same quality plastic thickness; cut the plastic, push-in mouth inflatable valve out and meld that to the plastic sheet. Do you think this will work too? Or is that material around the valve like vinyl? I can't easily find this teflon oven lining sheet you speak of in Canada. I see silicone lining sheets in stores. They seem

Hello I am lost, with the materials, I tried with the tarpaulin that I have here and HUMMM bad! Then, the strips, where we can get them? I have an electrical nail/welding, without the strip it burns the plastic, please help! :) thanks for sharing

thank you for this fascinating idea! I am having trouble getting the valve to seal. Can you please explain more how it is supposed to work? Where does it seal? Will it stay sealed indefinitely? Thanks!

GREAT video! Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to trying this later today.

what is the black strip that u used pls..

Hi Paul, I couldn't say for sure, it depends on the type of plastic and how good the welds are. The ambient temperature also affects the air inside. The best thing is to experiment. Interesting idea!

how long would the bag stay together I want to make a double lining Pollytunnel that would inflate great video

Major props! This is a great polyethylene welding tutorial! I hope to use this to make some water floats :)

Great video to illustrate how the donkey saddle works :-) We are looking forward to seeing the results of our grant funded trial in Ethiopia #Wales #Africa #DonkeyAmbulance

Thank you!

Hi Jenna, I used ordinary plastic sheet from a hardware shop, the type used for covering greenhouses works well. Any 'thermo plastic' will work, which just means it softens when heated. The black strip is cut from a sheet of Teflon 'oven liner'. This stuff doesn't burn or stick to the plastic. You can also use something like masking tape (2 pieces stuck together). You need to make sure that the plastic has cooled completely before taking the strip off. Hope that helps.

What kind of material are you using to make the cushion? Also what is the black material?

I've been considering using "air bags" made of recycled carrier bags for protecting things in the post that I've sold on eBay, and these videos show an easy and practical way of welding polythene in a household environment. Really awesome videos, fella. Cheers! :-)

This is excellent work, well done!