My place is now an orgy of clattery 3/4" PVC pipe (2x9' and one 6.75') and tangled cordage as I prototype, bloody-knuckled. I'm having trouble with the cordage: not wanting to commit to lengths just yet, all the connection points slide, so it's a bear getting it to stand up absent final tension. Also I fantasize about lacing it up in a manner that tensions everything by tightening just one line, but my "Spock's luthier" side hasn't caught up to how.
Is it essential to lock down/prevent sliding at some or all of the connection points? Which?
I think I can do the cordage as 4 color-coded whoopie loops rather than 12 discrete runs.
Also planning to break down into 4 or even 5 segments because has to pack onto bicycle: 30" too long. This way the short pole is 3 27" segments, and you can add a 4th for multi-hammock mode (but then the cordage lengths change).
For ease of field deployment, thinking of a rigid 6-way union so it doesn't collapse before cordage taut: just ordered this for prototyping: https://flexpvc.com/cart/agora.cgi?p...n&ppinc=detail . Do you see a problem with a rigid orthogonal union given 9' poles? Would fix the union at the 1/4 point of the longs and at 1/3 of the short. Looks like your version had a more shallow X.
I'm thinking all 3 poles have to be same length if it's to work for more than 1 hammock at once, but then, lower head than foot could be a selling point when the hang points are too short to permit adjustment...
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