Well, I have read that if there are no pics, then it didn't happen, so here's a look at the DIY hammock project that I worked on yesterday. I used the tutorial that HC4U posted. It was fairly easy to put together, even with the triangle reinforcements on the tie-outs. This one is slightly over 11' long, so hopefully it gets me nice and flat. I'm 5'10", and since I'm 175 lbs, I thought a single layer of 1.5 oz ripstop would hold me and still be very light. Feeling the difference between the 1.5 oz and 1.9 oz, I am a little concerned. We'll see what happens when I actually lay in this thing. I also put the tie-outs at 27" from center vice the 13" that HC4U used. I have not yet had a chance to hang it, and I also haven't put the no-see-um netting on it yet.
Ok, enough talk, here it is:
I used the same 5-roll whip HC4U used, and gutted 550 paracord to tie the whip. I used a small length of utility cord from REI to make the monkey fist/bowline cord that runs through the whipping to attach the ridgeline.
Hopefully it works! Let me know what you think.
-MH
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