Thanks for the response, i've subscribed to this thread for future updates..... It's such a brilliant design and I'm gonna try it.
Thanks for the compliment! We have enjoyed ours and are getting ready to be used by my kids when we move to Texas on the 4th and 5th as beds for who knows how long?
I'll only have one chance to do this and I want to do it right. I'm planning to use it in the lounge for sleeping ... maybe fulltime.
Can you help a hanger out? I got some questions.
5' to 5.5' or 6ft sounds great. I was thinking of this too and raising the leg length to 5ft too but just for options of 7 ft ridge. (5' with your 2' over lap maybe.)
- Can you share a close up of the pins?
What did you use as a cotter pin? Did you need 2 in each leg? Did they bend under load?
I don't have pictures so here is a link to them we have used 2 types of pins but only 1 pin per leg. The ones I like best are below.
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piec...ent-67534.html
I uses the 1/4 inch diameter ones
- Your legs are stainless steel. Any buckling or worries of failure due to the leg in leg? Do you think an aluminium version would buckle under 210lbs of pure fat and broken dreams?
What did you mean when you mentioned the 7' pole was straight up? Do you mean the pole had to be verticle? Having the poles only over lapping by 1' cause noticeable strength/wobble issues?
Okay so my legs are made of metal electrical conduit from Lowes or homedepot. I have had up too 300Lbs in the hammock with no issues. If you make the PVC longer you can also make each leg section longer so that you can have more overlap inside the legs this will ad weight but will make it stronger if you are worried.
When I said 7 feet I meant from the tip to tip of each pole not the overall tripod height. This is also only one stand and yes I was worried about the minimal overlap of the legs so these legs are a little longer then then the first stand I built. We could that stand Version 1.1B since it is not huge modification over the original posted version.
- How is the PVC pipe holding up as a ridgeline? Noisy? Wobbly? Dangerous?
The PVC remains flexable while you are in the hammock there is some noise and movement of the PVC up and down while getting in and out but it can handle the weight. as for the coupler yes it has a whole in it so I cut a piece of thick plastic to go inside the couple to close it up so the legs don't fall out.
Also, minimizing the rope going thru the PVC minimizes the movement up and down. I have made amsteel continous loops that have a little play in them that are working great for me.
The coupler 4" -3" i'm finding around here has a hole in the middle so putting the poles and other guy-lines in one end only for it to fall out the other side.
Does the coupler you have have a hole or are you capping the inner PVC pipe and putting it butt first. and finishing it with a cap?
As for your hardware to make the leg connections I have seen several Ideas on the forums and they work great, but I could not find a way to make it work and still get the legs to go into the PVC. if i went to bigger PVC they would have fit but I was trying to cut weigh and costs.
Thanks for your help and your genius idea.
Depending on how I go with aluminium and sourcing the PVC i'm planning to make an adjustments to your master piece and a cheesy addition.
Idea 1: If it still fits in the PVC Try replace lashing with hardware -
From Agfadocs thread - Another version of the Aluminum Surplus Military Pole Stand.
From SteelerNation post in Agfadocs thread - Another version of the Aluminum Surplus Military Pole Stand.
Idea 2: The Bush Craft Chair - because why not. All I'll need is a bit of nylon and another piece of conduit.
I think if I have the PVC at 5.5' and have 2, 5' high conduit (the smaller conduit inside the larger) with hardware inside the PVC they should fit snug. In theory right?
How snug are your poles when inside the PVC? Have you been bored enough to weigh the complete setup?
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