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    I looked all over for some welded angles before for mine and never found any. I would prefer a 60 degree over 90 degree though. But I see you implemented them with less angle in a similar fashion as I did. Nice job!
    Tag with Home if your thread is more about home hammocks. Thanks!

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    Thanks for the great info

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    Toober,
    Maybe find a buddy with a bender or a muffler shop could put some 15 degree bends in the legs a foot or so from the top. That would help with the wiggle factor a bit.

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    I don't think the wiggle factor is too bad. I just give one side a little tug on the legs to pull out most of the play in the fittings and it's good to go. But yeah, a good 10 or 15 degrees would be about perfect to reduce it without weakening it vertically too much.

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    Would it be possible to build this out of 1" EMT conduit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHSGirl View Post
    Would it be possible to build this out of 1" EMT conduit?
    I haven't seen anywhere that has fittings like these to fit that conduit. But actually, the 1" conduit might not even be much or at all lighter than the 1 3/8 fence rail. The conduit I believe is thicker walled and felt pretty heavy to me in the store.

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    It shows fitting for 1" EMT on tarps.com, but if there is no weight savings. It would not be worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHSGirl View Post
    It shows fitting for 1" EMT on tarps.com, but if there is no weight savings. It would not be worth it.
    Oh, I guess I really snapped up those fittings without looking closely at tarps.com, as I didn't even see that section for 1" EMT. I would see if you can find weight numbers somewhere and see if there is a significant weight savings that would make it worthwhile. But also, keep in mind the fence top rail pieces have that tapered connector which make a split top rail easy without any extra connectors needed. I don't know it that is weaker or stronger than a union of EMT.

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    I built one of these last weekend; what an elegant, sturdy design for a stand. Many thanks for the details and ideas!

    I wound up cutting four foot sections for the top rail and using the pre-built connections to fit them together into one 12 foot pole. This seems to work well so far, but I noticed that some folks seem to be attaching their rail pieces together using separate fittings; is one better/stronger than the other? Have other people had successes (or failures) using only the beveled connections that come pre-built into each top rail section?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psych View Post
    Attachment 116482

    I built one of these last weekend; what an elegant, sturdy design for a stand. Many thanks for the details and ideas!

    I wound up cutting four foot sections for the top rail and using the pre-built connections to fit them together into one 12 foot pole. This seems to work well so far, but I noticed that some folks seem to be attaching their rail pieces together using separate fittings; is one better/stronger than the other? Have other people had successes (or failures) using only the beveled connections that come pre-built into each top rail section?

    Glad it worked out well for you! I am very happy with mine, and have slept in it a bunch of times since I put it together.
    My top rail is using the regular tapered connections, but I put a little strengthening connector over it since they had it at the store when I bought everything. I am sure it would be fine without it, as I don't see any bending or strain on my top rail at all when I get in it.

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