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    Senior Member the_lorax's Avatar
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    Thumbs up Joining the Club - DIY DL Hammock w/bugnet

    Having been led astray by Lost_Biker and his bugnet howto and XTrekker's recent suspension & hammock pics I started work on my own DL hammock Thursday night and finally finished it this morning. (Yeah, good think I don't have to pay myself time. Vendors, my utmost respect to you - you earn every penny!) I think it turned out pretty darn good though.



    Specs:
    • 10ft 9in (Started out with 140in raw)
    • ~109in ridgeline (UCR ala XTrekker)
    • Bugnet can be zipped of to foot end and stowed (once I make it's pouch anyway)
    • Double layer 1.1oz Coyote Brown ripstop from Magna Fabrics. ~66in wide after hemming.
    • #3 coil zipper & noseeum from BackwoodsDayDreamer.com
    • 24.2oz with whoopies & tie-out shockcord (32.3 w/tree straps & biners too) - perhaps not ultralite but about 1lb and 50% the bulk of my old 1.9oz DL + Fronkey Bugnet combo.


    Notes:

    Hemming - Make yourself one of PrisonerOfGravity's little rolled hem guides THEY WORK FANTASTIC! I had nearly 70ft of hems to do between the two layers and they came out perfect.

    Lost_Biker's bugnet method worked like a charm. Admittedly I spend a couple hours fiddling with fine adjustments but looking back I don't know that it really made things all that much better other than feeding my OCD and next time I'd probably try to make my self just go with it.

    I did the zippers a bit different that I recall seeing elsewhere - there are actually 4 zipper pulls - one set opening in the normal 2-way fashion for "everyday" use and then an extra one that zips open from each foot end side to allow easy access to the foot end pad slot or to quickly give access for UQ adjustments without needing to potentially move the main zippers all the way over up and over the head and back down to the far side.


    Comfortable - oh yeah! The extra length over my previous DIY made a big difference and there is almost no calf pressure.



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    Looks great Lorax....Ill bet it wasnt 2 mins after completion, that you started thinking up ideas for the next one...lol

    Edit: Glad to have been part of leading ya astray..lol

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    great looking hammock!
    -Jon-

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    Senior Member the_lorax's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by XTrekker View Post
    Looks great Lorax....Ill bet it wasnt 2 mins after completion, that you started thinking up ideas for the next one...lol
    LOL the fiddling never ends does it? I'm trying to think of a clever way to add a top cover without another zipper.

    Don't know that I'll be making more - they definitely take time. Daughter was suggesting yesterday that she'd like another hammock though - we'll see on that though as I've got several other projects on the list. (Geez this site just keeps giving me more things to make)

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    Senior Member the_lorax's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by XTrekker View Post
    Glad to have been part of leading ya astray..lol
    Thank you (and the many many others here) for sharing your projects & pics and making it all seem so totally reasonable to try!

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    Looks great!

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    Beware... DIY can be addicting. You may need some pills and a psychologist. And, don't ever think you are saving money versus store bought

    Looks good. Congratulatons on the accomplishment!

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    A fine job, Lorax! Only the first ones hard - after that, it takes half the time to do.
    I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lost_Biker View Post
    A fine job, Lorax! Only the first ones hard - after that, it takes half the time to do.
    Thank you sir! Pretty sure I could easily cut my time in half. Was actually very surprised how easily & quickly actually sewing on the netting was, think that only took an hour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_lorax View Post
    Thank you sir! Pretty sure I could easily cut my time in half. Was actually very surprised how easily & quickly actually sewing on the netting was, think that only took an hour.
    No, thank you for posting your work. I really need to try the coyote brown - looks great!
    I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."


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