I took a few minutes to give this a try. You're asking a lot on this scale. Here is what I designed and the size it printed at with a nickle, dime, and 1/2" Beatsie D.
I can make it longer but not really thinner. As it is with 2.2mm Zing-it line the toggle AND line will not fit through the hole in the D ring. I thik the only option is putting a groove down the side of the toggle but again I think it would weaken it to much. Give me some ideas and I'll try again. Is there a reason a toggle rather than a hook? It would be easy to make a hook thick enough to take up the hole in the beastie D and have a good end for the cordage. Could incorporate a cinch of some sort maybe?
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Yeah. I think those aluminum ones are perfect actually.
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First off, that block and tackle looks fun. I'll be searching that one out on Thingiverse later to print after my roommate is done printing stuff for some nurses and first responders. Thanks for the idea, and cool of you to offer help.
Second, I concur with PLA being fine for this application. It's even UV resistant, making better than most plastics for outdoor use without some kind of protective applied.
Oooh, shiney! What does THIS button do?
Here you go...
Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
Bob's brother-in-law
Wow, that was fast!
I had this idea after spending a night in a windstorm, with wind strong enough to push the tarp into my hammock and knock me around all night, no matter how wide and tight I had the tarp pitched. Had it been a rainstorm and not just wind, it would have been worse, since I would have been forced to use a close pitch and I would have been knocked around even more.
So my idea was to have a simple, fast, and secure means of attaching a guyline to a tarp in the middle of the night in a rainstorm without fiddling with knots. Obviously not an original idea, but at least I arrived at the same conclusion on my own?
I wouldn't worry that a toggle would be dislodged by the tarp getting knocked around all night, but I'd worry if it was "just" a hook.
I like that idea! For some reason I like removing the guylines and coiling them up to put back into the little stuff sack with the stakes and I do not leave them attached to the tarp. Typically I larkshead one end to the tarp and then use a tensioner at the other. Using a toggle will be much quicker. I may have a wooden dowel in my odds and ends that I can cut up and drill a hole into for the toggles.
Again, thank you for the idea.
- Clyde
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