it sounds intriguing indeed, i'm even wondering if using polypropylene as the "color and friction" strand wouldn't be interesting as an alternative (good quality pp is nearly as strong as polyester,...
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it sounds intriguing indeed, i'm even wondering if using polypropylene as the "color and friction" strand wouldn't be interesting as an alternative (good quality pp is nearly as strong as polyester,...
a few years ago i was designing a new tree strap/tree hugger, partly to solve the problems you're describing. i started a thread here at the time, describing one of the first designs. it's a little...
i've been suspicious of "weak guylines" and "fuses" as an idea for a long time, and keep harassing people here with "but why, really?" 's and such. It's not simple, but it seems to me that, for the...
there, see? i told ya' all, he's going to be terrified only to hear about the campout protest, we showed him.. wait, you laughed? what d'ya mean, laughed? ok, back to the drawing board, maybe that...
that's interesting
the combination of dyneema and polyester in the same braid is weird, but i know i'm talking to somebody who actually does r&d and tests stuff, so if you say you arrived at this...
beware, there's becket hitch and there's sheet bend. same topology, different thing, and different behavior. my guess is you're trying to use the sheet bend variant (so bending one strand of dyneema...
i personally consider 7/64 the bare minimum for suspension (because of the strength making it a bit close to the safety factor, and because of handling it by hand, especially under load; i prefer 1/8...
i was about to say i would use a hitch to attach, however, keep in mind it will compress the fibers of the pole perpendicular to the fiber, which they usually don't "like" very much. i haven't plaid...
pretty **** good photography, too. i remember i was following your posts before about your experiments with bonded tieouts, and liked your testing approach (and the right idea for tieouts imo). do...
ah, i see, thanks for the explanation, was not familiar with the phrase, it helps.
redundancy in terms of backup doesn't seem to apply here, it's more like multiple points of failure in this case...
given you posted this in the diy forum, and in case your titanium addiction is under some control :), this could be a solution: a drop in replacememt for linelocs, that is soft (it relies on knots,...
i'm not familiar with that topic. you mean, it is common for users of belts to recommend using suspenders to support the belt? or the other way around?
hmm, that's really nice insight. could this be a nice "side gig" for cottage vendors, to provide workshops for small groups of diy-ers on occasion? maybe also a nice idea for group hangs and such...
i still haven't managed to figure this out, it comes up every now and again, and i seem to be missing something: what's the point of the linelocs if you endup tieing a slippery half hitch after done...
yes, but i wouldn't use a normal softshackle for this (it is "the wrong tool for the job(tm)").
if you want to keep the same functionality as the linelocs, but without the slippage, you can have a...
and you're being very "polite" here: fairly slippery aka "the only solid known to man of any practical use which has slightly lower coefficient of friction is PTFE" would be a more complete...
you keep mentioning reason and scientific proof, but your responses to any arguments are always pointing to other peoples incompetence or lazyness. aside from being offensive (which i personally...
it would appear nobody can convince you otherwise, at this point, so i won't try.
for other people reading this thread : for supporting live humans (aka critical applications) the rule of thumb is...
a bit offtopic, i won't comment on the turtle design as i'm not a big fan or researched it at all, and there's people here helping already, but on your general idea:
while you're experimenting,...
yeah, those are great, and definitely not typical. however, on their own outside budget, and not something you will find in a shop in sofia i'm afraid. i do wish i had a pair of those myself, indeed,...
hello, and welcome to the forums. quite an epic adventure, sounds like, enjoy.
the short answer, sadly, is no. especially if you haven't hammock camped before (which seems to be the case).
the...
for field repairs, the self adhesive ripstop patches you can find at most outdoors outfitters should do the trick nicely (and they are small and easy to stash), as long as you don't get a big rip....
hmm, well, that is a good rule of thumb, but one can get quite creative with setting up tarps (and even hammocks, thought that's less common/trivial). for instance, it depends a lot how you setup the...
oh, haven't you heard? aramid fibers are technology patented somewhere near alfa centauri, and we apparently haven't paid for the intelectual rights. now that the patent expired, we had to either pay...
well, i speak from second hand information (i was not doing the sewing, but more "coaching"), so grain of salt etc: they are all tricky compared to normal fabric, the lighter the trickier, but it's...
i fully agree with you, and thanks for pointing this out (it's why i was asking the op how he wants to use it): one should never use rope around a tree, with the sole exception of using a lashing...
the topology is that of a figure 8 on a bight, as the op clearly described. however, for any practical intent or purpose, this has nothing in common, in behavior, with the fig 8 on a bight. for...
well, hooking into the top loop (the bight) is a no go i would say, it would pull it apart. maybe it's better to clarify how you want to use it/what you want to achieve, then it will be possible to...
hmm, ok, on closer inspection, a more suitable (least confusing) way to describe it is a timber hitch on a bight, made with only one turn. in practice it does come down to that, when loaded. so would...
well, this seems in the family of anchor hitches (licke the anchor hitch, or a round turn and two half hitches), like a lazy version of them, but tied on the bight, no complete turn, and no securing...
hmm. (this thread is really interesting btw, i didn't know about the boom stake, oughtta be a stickie). anyway.
i can imagine this happening, with that method, if you lay it out like in the...
umm, i'm afraid that looks like a 2to1 pulley system against the middle stake, if i'm reading the pic correctly. if that's so, it's "probably not what you want"(tm)
indeed, welcome to the forums, and nice work. you also point out something more general: we have a lot of stickies and old reference threads which either got "broken", as the one you are replacing,...
yes, prussik is well known to be jammy, and as discussed often here, is frankly the "wrong tool for the job". there's many other options, that are good, but one of the simpler and more compact ones...
that's a very good point (both of them), and this is why i devised knot based solutions which don't require to tie the knots when using them but only once at home, and are designed to work one...
the op was using a knot which is not suitable, and explained quite clearly what problems he had with it. it was already suggested that he uses something even less suitable (the larks head), compared...
this is one thing which intrigues me about these amazing no knot solutions. just tie a half hitch or two, make it slippery, etc. why not just use a proper knot to begin with, and ditch the hardware...
it might not be "rocket science", but we are discussing it nevertheless. and we're discussing it because our colleague here had some troubles with it, and asked (and it is not uncommon that people...
this got me intrigued. i never used a dripline, partly because i have the tarp ridgeline always above the tarp, where i think it fits best (that's a different discussion, i know some people prefer it...
yeah, it's something like that i'm suggesting, except using a softshackle for the "rope" half. However, that modification to the sheet bend which is shown in the video is very questionable, when...
as it happens, i bought some years ago the "poor brother" of this one, the 4411, as my first sewing machine. it is good in my (inexperienced) opinion, and seemed to be quite determined (going through...
not exactly: i gather the hammock end, fold it, and then use a softshackle and the end of the hammock to make a sheet bend or a becket hitch; so i don't attach the suspension directly to the hammock,...
actually.. :)
when i started experimenting with hammocks, i wanted the same thing, i quickly decided i don't like sewn channels, and i skipped the wipping altogether due to what you described.
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well, that's basically "almost a klemheist" (it's so close i doubt it makes much functional difference, when there's so many wraps). nevertheless, it takes pull in the opposite direction the op would...
ùthe next thing is the aerodynamics. i have some idea there (although it would change the look of your setup a lot, not sure you will want that, but we'll see). the question right now is what is that...
ah, thanks for the pic, that looks amazing, and it helps understand a few things
blake hitch: yes, highly recommended, much better, don't look back, especially if you use it as a separate...
no worries, you're welcome.
klemheist: i didn't try it for crl, i plaid a bit with it a few times, i recall i never quite liked it for this kind of purpose; long story short, in my quick testing...
really cool to hear how it works in "the real world". and glad it is working well for you.
it's interesting what you describe, it sounds like your setup is most likely "vehicle nearby" (car...
hey there. no howto as such, but it is quite simple (although, i personally moved away from using this version of soft shackle, the next version i came up with is a lot more versatile and simpler)
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funny you should say that, i've been deliberating if to take this further or to let it rest (as it would be offtopic kind of, given the oroginal request)
having said all this, i would do it...