Thanks for the link!
I think I will take your advice and leave it as is.
I think the tennis balls just beat the down clumps apart, helping it dry faster
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Thanks for the link!
I think I will take your advice and leave it as is.
I think the tennis balls just beat the down clumps apart, helping it dry faster
OK, So I sorta mislead ya! No need for blowing noses, but I'm in need of y'alls opinions.
I have inherited my grandpas Snow Lion down mummy bag. I would like to use it for insulation. My First...
I +1 this, but your Tothewoods.net link is broken
If your baffles are going in both directions 90° to one other, then Yes. If you want to just have them go one direction, then No. Reason being, Gravity will pull your down to the bottom of the...
Thank you everybody. Much appreciated.
I highly disagree, the figure WILL NOT LOCK UP. It will get tight as all get out, but with some effort, it will come undone.
You're right. I didn't take into account the diameter. Yes...
Being a climber, this is the perfect question me. The figure eight is the way I'd go. It is simple and will not lock up. It is my go to knot. It it seems I just tie it out of habit.
Happy...
Here is my first DIY hex tarp with 3" Catenary-cut sides. I had a lot of fun making this tarp. That is until my thread injector decided to take a giant poo. After much cursing, I realized that a...
Glad y'all had fun. One question though. What did your girl say about the bear footage? When I was around 6 (I think) my grandpa and I had an bear encounter. It came in our camp sniffed around a...
20° it is!:D That's what I was leaning towards. Thanks Guys!
Hey all, I am fixen to buy my first underquilt, but I have a question. I hang in the Colorado Rockies, from the middle of May to the middle/end of September. I will be getting Stormcrow's...
:woot: I didn't explore their site, i just saw the down and stopped there.
Thanks for mentioning it. :thumbup:
Thru-Hiker is a little more expensive, oz for oz it's only $5.00 more.
http://thru-hiker.com/materials/insulation.php
I use straps, whoopie sling, and a Line-Locker. Some of y'all have seen it, for those that have it here's the thread.
...
lol Shug, I saw your winter excursion in Finland Minnesota with Stairstspper and Fronky. Stairstepper's Polerpod, is what got me thinking to get one. Before I drop down 5 bills for one, I'd like...
I'm fixen to get a some insulation, and was wondering about the Speer Hammock's Peapod and Polarpod. I know the Polarpod is longer and wider than the peapod.
The most important question is, can...
My personal opinion, the Marlin spike is great for rope or cord, not suitable for webbing. It's the rock climber in me. I have come up with my own system. It is borrowed from slacklining (an...
I don't like MSH in webbing, Rope and cord sure, but in webbing you loose a % of the strength factor.
My Answer is the Line Locker.
Easy to put together!
Will hold!(even under Extreme Tension)...
Great Mod! The thing about a wonderful community is they take one members great idea and put there own twist on them improving it. This is how products are evolved.
Thanks Guys. It seems my ridgeling is set up close to 81% of my hammock length. I guess I need to just find my sweet spot. The way I made my ridgeline is I put a Locked Brummel on both ends and...
I searched and couldn't find anything on hammock to ridgeline ratio. I am looking for the best possible flat lay. Currently my hammock is 11' with 9' ridgeline. The lay is pretty flat, but would...
When I was younger (say; 30 years) My grandpa and I went on a fishing trip. We slept in the van, and a big (at least to a 8yr. old) came in our camp and ransacked everything. It then jumped up to...
Yes I used Gorilla tape, until I was running out. Once it happened, I realized my flaw.
As of 8/18/2012 I became a Official Hanger! I went overnight car camping trip, and I used my DIY Hammock, and tarp. The hammock is modeled after the wildernesslogics Snipe. The tarp is made of 4...
I have read the majority of the replys, and I did not see any mention sleep pads. I plan on using a Closed Cell Foam pad with a reflective windshield sun shade. I won't be winter hanging, but Late...
SCRAPPED
To do what I was planing would have cost just as much as getting 1.1 ripstop and DIY'n Sil-nylon. For now I am back on the Harbor Freight tarp idea.
This is great! I have been thinking of DIY'n a Harbor Freight tarp. I think I will give this a try. I will be making a Cat-Cut Hex tarp though. May be awhile but I will post pictures when I am...
You can't, It's DIYed. I made it by welding 1/2 piece of chain to a full piece at 90°, and the pin is a bolt with the threads cut away. I since upgraded the pin to a 2" piece of 1/2" steel tube. ...
Thanks! Fire safety is an important thing to know.
Here is the Line-Locker That I was talking about.
Here is the thread I was talking about it.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52892
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Let me know what you think!
Yep! I originally was going to use rap rings, but I found chain links that fit the webbing so well, I decided to us them. I did switch to tube pins and tethered them to the Line-Locker with 550...
My DIY Hammock
11' DIY Gathered End Hammock with
Temporary Adjustable Ridge-Line
6' Whoopie-Slings
10' Tree-Hugers
DIY Line-Lockers
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Next DIY, Silnylon Hex-Tarp
+1
Even though Governor Hickenlooper (the Governor here in Colorado) had banned all fireworks, I have a feeling there will be incidents and arrests.
I was kinda going for something very similar, modeled from Wilderness Logics Snipe Hammock.
Yea, I do Have a link. It is from a fellow forums member, CreativeKayt.
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I have...
I just got my DIY Hammock supplies from Backwoods Daydreamer, and I am seeking information. It will be a gathered end hammock approx. 11' long and about 60" wide. I have read and seen on Youtube...
Cannibals right guys, I wasn't trying to have the issue debated. I was just putting it out there.
Or at least it could be. At time of this post Colorado has 14 Land Fires, two being prairie fires, the rest are Forrest Fires. Burnt forests mean no trees to hang from.:scared: not being able to...
I too have been biting my body parts trying to figure a good precise way to do the Cat-cut.
Thanks for sharing.
It looks like, to me, that the middle tie-out is pulled tight. There are wrinkles along those axis (marked is yellow). This would cause the ridge-line to sag a little. I have had this happen with...
I was directed to go to "back woods day dreamer.com" for relatively cheap nylon and other DIY supply's.
http://www.backwoodsdaydreamer.com
The most expensive coated nylon is just over $12.00...
Thanks guys! Much Appreciated.
Before I start my designing phase for my Under Quilt and Top Quilt, I have a question about Laws.
The Law of Gravity to be specific.
Which would be better, Perpendicular baffles, or Parallel...
Thanks! This will be a huge help when I make my tarp. The Cat-cut kind of stumped me,
This set up is just replacing the two ring sinch method and marlin spike. The chain link for setting up a slackline. I will have the rap ring on the adjustable loop of my whoopie sling, set up the...
I have another option for that. ;) http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52892
This is just my personal observation; Marlin spikes are great for cordage, not webbing. See, I am a...
4yds of 1.1 rip-stop ✔
50ft of amsteel (25 per) ✔
Thank Guys!
I am planing on building my first hammock. I have made a list of supplies from DIY Gear Supply. I am 5'8" and 165 lbs. at my heaviest. I am purchasing;
1.9oz Ripstop Nylon (Black) 3yds.
1″...
Hey toober, at what angle is the up-right to the base?
:lol: Would he use a #10 coffee can for a lightweight pop-can stove?
Here is pictures of the harness buckle he is talking about....
Thanks Guys! I that will be a big help. How about a Down supplier?