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Nice looking hammock! Is there webbing in the parabolic arc? I assume the yellow cord does not carry the load, but just spreads the fabric for more space in the hammock? Can you get in and out easily...

dblhammock,

thanks for your reply. I have not made any progress on my second bridge hammock, still working on the down jacket.

I am very curious to see your finished bridge with the reattached...

Thanks, dblhmmck. So the BMBH has a spread of 30"? Do you happen to know how wide the fabric is at the ends?

I am not sure what to do about spreader bars for when I take the hammock out hiking....

After another night of testing in the Hammock Proving Grounds (which my wife stubbornly refers to as "the backyard"), I've got to say that I like the bridge hammock even more. Very comfortable.

I...

The UPS guy dropped off a shipment of 1/2" tubular webbing from sailrite today, and the USPS guy just brought 10 yards of the curry-green, I mean chocolate-brown, 1.9oz ripstop from Ed Speers.

I...

I finished the bridge hammock and tested it last night in the back yard. It took me a few iterations to get the ridgeline set, but with TeeDee's marlin spike hitch, it was very quick. After laying in...

I think that number is probably reasonably close even by my standards, maybe even to a trillionth of an inch!:D

Sounds like the bridge is not near as sensitive to ridgeline length as a...

Thank you, TeeDee. I have already glued in the small dowels. I am interested in the hiking pole pocket, though. Do you have a picture of that somewhere?

Thanks, Grizz. So, it's bowlines at the hammock. I think I have a good idea on how to do this now.

One more question, though. I'm again trying to keep the number of iterations to a minimum. What...

Yeah, and the second larks head is tricky with the single line idea. I always underestimate how much rope is taken up in the knots, and would probably end up with a suspension that is a few inches...

Ah, I got it. Thank you very much. Simple and quick, I like it. Only problem is the dowel rod is 36" long. It seems like I would lose a bit of spread on either end using the cup, probably an inch or...

Ramblinrev, are there any pictures for what you describe? I have a hard time visualizing how this would go together.

Hmm, I have to give this some thought. So far, I only have a fairly vague idea after having seen some pics you recently posted showing how you retain the end of the tent pole. So, I thought I'd make...

I think to a large extent it is just combining things I like, programming and making hammocks.

The template worked out great by the way. I cut the fabric with a hot knife, hemmed the short sides...

A trillionth here, a trillionth there, and pretty soon we'll start talking about picometers!

Seriously, though, the whole exercise is about simplicity and keeping the number of iterations low,...

Normally, I would have trusted you blindly. But after reading

I thought I'd better check the other numbers...;)

Not that I am obsessive about it or anything, but I did go back and implemented a...

I just wanted to thank everybody for their input. Since this will be my first bridge, I will keep it simple, quick and cheap. It's just an experiment to see if I like a bridge hammock, after all.
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Thanks, TiredFeet. I see now that my question was not really clear. Computing the end panel shape is not the problem. I was wondering how to come up with the suspension depth.

I want to do the first one on the cheap. All I have is rope and 1" poly webbing. I was thinking about using the 1" webbing and sewing it to the raw edge of the suspension arc at 1/8". Then, I would...

Thanks, Grizz. I think I got the bit about computing the fabric width at the foot end using the parabola and the constant height. What I do not know is what depth the parabola for the suspension arc...

Great directions, Grizz. I was watching your history lesson video, and it has inspired me to make a bridge hammock. The one in the video looks quite different from the one described here. I tried to...