Not sure what I was doing wrong but I broke the paracord a few times in different spots, that’s when I decided on the 5mm.
Got to use mine at a State Park campsite this weekend. Worked Tops!
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I did end up pinning the two halves of each leg together using 1/4 inch steel latch pins, so that in the event of a mousetrap everything stays together. I made it so that the grommets are rotated 90° at each end of the poles, and there didn't seem to be any wear on the ropes I used to tie the poles together at the ends. I suspect there may be a better angle but 90° was easy and seems to work.
I spent 10 nights in my DIY tensahedron this summer and everything worked out great. In the end most of the trees in the campground were too small to hang from normally so I'm glad I made it!
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With the mention of using the copper tubing - anyone have a good tutorial on how to use that and hammer it into a good channel for the rope to go through?
Probably not the best method, but here's how I did it (note: hearing protection required). I used two ball peen hammers and a bench vise. First hammer is held in the bench vise and is used to keep the copper tube in place without deforming it too much while worked on the face up side. I drilled the holes in the poles using a step drill bit, then put the copper tubing in (copper tube section is total 1/4 longer than the diameter of the pole). Once the copper tube is in place, one end is placed on the hammer in the bench vise and then you go to town on the face up side. Flip and repeat.
I did a couple test runs on some leftover material to get the hang of it, but it's not too difficult.
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Pretty much what I did, except after I inserted the tubing, and cut to my desired length, I wallowed a phillips head screwdriver in the ends of the tubing to slightly flare it out to hold in place while I used the ball peen hammer to "squish" the flared ends down flush. Didn't have to pound hard. Copper tubing is pretty soft.
Flaring one end of the copper tubing with a flaring tool first before putting it down on the ball peen hammer that's being held in the vise might make things easier. A large flare tool might even be able to flare the other end before peening it to fit tight.
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