my DIY 1.1 oz dual layer hammock
here's some pics showing how i made my DIY hammock. there's nothing new here, except how i made it two layer, which i'll explain more later.
a BIG thank you to U.W. and upthecreek for reawakening my desire for hammock camping.
ok, here's the pics and the steps:
start off by cutting two pieces of 5 foot wide nylon 10 feet long
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fold over and iron the long sides 1 inch, i've found that ironing first makes hemming a whole lot easier...
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hem the long sides, i prefer a zig zag stitch for simple hems
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fold over the short side 1 1/2 inch and iron
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and hem the end channels on the short sides, again using the zig zag hem
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now the main body of the hammock is sewn, with hemmed edges and 1 1/2 inch channels on the ends. do this again with the other piece of fabric, so that you have two identical pieces of fabric.
now place sticky velcro 3 feet from the channel on the long edge
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and place another piece 3 feet down from that one
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and stick the two large pieces of fabric together with the velcro.
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feed cord thru the bottom layer channel
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and into the top layer channel
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now tighten and tie off
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repeat on the other side...
add suspension, 9 feet of amsteel per side attached using a slipped bowline.
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here you can see how the cinching created a ball of fabric that the suspension line wraps around. very secure and places no stress on the channel...
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attach the structural ridgeline. this is 8 ft of amsteel. it sets the sag so it's the same every time.
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and attached at the other end....
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for straps i have two six foot pieces of 1 inch webbing, and one two foot extension, just in case i try to lash to a big *** tree...
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all finished. total weight with stuff sack is 1 lb 2 oz
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one option i added was to apply a stretch side footbox and headbox made by a HF member named Knotty. if you do this, make sure it's on the bottom layer, it works better that way.
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it works!
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all hung up...
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