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ohhhh, that is cruel ;)

My friend and very experienced adventurer wrote this
https://www.jerven.com/bushcraft-uk-multimate

He got me into hammocks and has used them on at least four continents...

Guess an update is in order.

I tried EVERYTHING to get the hex to pitch taut with rolled hems. It wouldn't. The winter-esque tarp with doors that I made immediately before starting the hex was...

Resurrecting an old thread, but I have had exactly the same problem, same material, first hex, and having finished the rolled hems all around, I pitched, and three out of four bias sides had almost...

Well, I did my 1.1oz Silpoly Hex with 2.5" cat cuts on the ends and 4" along the bottom. The ends started out around 3" but some of that has vanished in the finishing. Rolled hems throughout using...

Hmmm...maybe I spoke too soon,
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/137570-Tarp-Edges-To-Grosgrain-or-not-to-Grosgrain-That-is-the-question?p=1779520&viewfull=1#post1779520

Suggests...

Got my fourth tarp project started and am going to use catenary curves, material is SilPoly, starting with 1.6oz, then got another project with 1.1oz. Tried doing curves once before and found it...

A lot depends on the cord you use for the guys and ridge. Braided Dynema like ZingIt tends to work better with hardware and soft shackle prussic knots left permanently attached to the ridge line. ...

Do you prefer bigger, more weather resistant tarps, with more area to catch wind, to be made of heavier more durable fabric with more tie outs, or do you prefer to use lighter fabrics for larger...

For a long time I used 3mm Marlow Excel Pro for my ridge line, and great stuff it is too, 16 plait polyester, no stretch, takes knots well, can be gripped by 2mm arborist throw line for easy quick...

Kardinal_emilus,

The floppy bit is a direct result of stretch of the fabric. You see the same thing if you get a bit of plastic sheet (cling film or plastic bag) and stretch it corner to corner. ...

Hi Hefty Hanger,

My friend and I are both familiar with the coverage of the Asym tarps (I don't like it, he is fine with it). I started with a Hennessey Exped Asym (Parallelogram 63" X 99"...

Sorry I didn't make that clear enough (fixed now). I am not going to cut off corners. I am proposing to sew them on. The Hennessey Deep Jungle tarp makes itself wider than the standard fabric...

Is there anything fundamentally wrong with this design? Asymetric pitch, cut in line with the fabric, so ridge is not tensioned on the bias. Corners that don't fit within the fabric width are sewn...

Is there anything fundamentally wrong with this design? Asymetric pitch, cut in line with the fabric, so ridge is not tensioned on the bias. Corners that don't fit within the fabric width are sewn...

I'm a mere 170lb or so and have had about 25 nights using 8' dy/pp straps, Dutch clips and Spiders with Whoopie slings. I got the straps last September, picked them up upon my arrival in the US for...

Fuel Use

Driving a 2.4L Kia Sportage, one person and gear. Was full from collection at airport.
For comparison, my 2003 Seat Toledo saloon (like a VW Jetta) with a 1.8L engine averages about...

Thanks guys! Glad you enjoyed it. :cool: Sorry I don't have more hammock pictures!! Just didn't work out well for that and wasn't thinking about it enough :rolleyes:

I see I need to do...

Wednesday 21 September

The morning was a bit special. The aspens were in full autumn colour and the clouds over the jagged peaks were very atmospheric.
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Monday 19 September

Long drive from the high plateau of Dixie National Forest across to eastern Utah, Canyonlands and Arches parks.
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Saturday 17 September

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5003/29967003151_2686e294a8_b.jpgIMG_0989 by Last Scratch, on Flickr
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8537/29936843722_e5a6f970b5_n.jpgIMG_0992 by...

Monday 12 September

Float fished the Green River, section A, from the dam to the first take-out point with Spinnerfall guides. Was a beautiful day, but the fishing was not good. We only boated...

Wednesday 7 Sept

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5680/30297851114_18fb7b962a_z.jpgIMG_0827 by Last Scratch, on Flickr
Madison Junction…rock hard ground, wide open, and busy. In high season I can...

September 2016 - Colorado, Wyoming and Utah Road Trip.


After the success of my 2015 trip to New Zealand (no hammocks) I decided there was no reason to put off another of my “bucket list” trips...

The 1.5oz is what is described on Rail Riders' site. Used for their shirts.

https://www.railriders.com/men-adventure-top-p-1032.html?cPath=104_111...

Keep em coming :)

Quest, do Supplex nylon, but only in 4oz weight.

Seatle do Supplex in good colors, but no weight quoted. Also uncoated ripstop in 1.9oz, but its the stuff for sleeping bags...

Does anyone have any suggestions where were I might find a source for 1.5oz 76/24 nylon/polyester? Something suitable for making a tropical type expedition shirt?

My buddy guides jungle...

Marlow Excel Pro 3mm ridge and 2mm guy lines. Excel racing is a bit stronger, for a ridge, but overkill for guys. Knots and unknots well. Could be lighter I guess, but I think the handling makes...

WaffleBox

That was what I understood too, but when looked at one rental company at a time, it seemed that the prices were consistently cheaper when renting from the airport than from other places...

Hello everyone,

I have been lurking here on and off for some time, recently rather more, and having just (attempted) to start a thread I realised that it was very poor form of me not to have...

So, I am trying to tick things off my bucket list. Last year I did two weeks driving around New Zealand in a little hatchback camping and fishing as I went (NZ Trip Log + Photos) Wanted to hammock...

Kudos for the hand sew! I once made up a 4m x 3m pertex tarp with a hand crank Singer and reckon that must be easy compared to what you are doing!!!

Oritron covered all the stuff I was thinking...