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Things like that have a shelf-life to them and past that point they become a liability. I don't want to trust my life to leftover stuff. I say make hammocks and stuff sacks and banana hammocks, etc.

I just found my new play thing online. I love to doodle and sketch all kinds of project that I build and this will help me be less productive when I'm at the computer. It looks awesome!

I strongly considered making my own tarp because I love the DIY thing so much. I chose, however, to go with the Chinook 12x9.5" nylon tarp. It's not sil but polyurethane coated and waterproof...

I would think that with as little load as I assume you're putting on the webbing and whoopies that it shouldn't matter but I'm just a noob so I'll let the pros give you a fully fledged answer.

I took the shock cord, likely smaller than 1/8", that came with my GT SBP and used that for each tie out spot on my tarp. I figured I had it and wasn't using it so it works. Add to that I keep 550...

Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.

I like the bullet belt pattern on that 1" strap. If I didn't go crazy making a bunch of my own I'd order some. Then again, all my DIY ones are about 5' long so maybe I need some bigger ones anyway.

I have been eyeballing those cinch buckles myself just haven't pulled that trigger yet.

I have had the same issue so it's not just you. I just cut back once it got too frayed and started over.

Looks real good. can't tell for sure by the pics but is it still usable as a sleeping bag if there is ever a need? That's what I am hoping to accomplish soon.

I'm so new that I have very few nights in my hammock. I have to say the dumbest thing that I have done so far is eating the super beany white chicken chili for dinner then crawling into my sleeping...

I get plenty comfy in my GT SBP. I'm 5'11" and pushing 330.

Does this qualify as Pimping for the forum?

Wow, just wow. What will they think of next?

You and everyone else here. I'm new too and can't get enough.

Patience is a virtue. Unfortunately, I'm not a very virtuous guy! If there's a package coming for me I'm like you and tracking all the time. I got really mad one time when I was expecting the...

Recently the family "hobby farm" acquired two young alpacas as pets. These are two boys who weren't going to be used for breeding and therefore had little purpose on the farms from which they came. ...

Finally did it last night. About 37*, I wearing fleece pants and a fleece shirt, in my SBP, two camping pads underneath, a modified PLUQ and my 30* sleeping bag and I slept in the garage!!!

I...

My bushcraft buddy is my 8 year old son and he's going to get a DIY of his very own this spring. I already have the sheet and the know how, just need the suspension lines. Good work getting your...

I took the basic sewing class, the Sewing 101, from Joann Fabrics last year. Watch for their coupon pages and you can get the class for 50% off. Best 17 bucks I ever spent!!!

My wife's car crapped out a few weeks ago, thankfully we have a spare, my big, diesel, stick shift beater truck which is too large to fit in the garage. Without her Toyota in the garage there was...

What's not to have a man-crush about Shug? He can sing, he can juggle, he can ride a unicycle and he' knows a thing or two abut hammocking. I'm thinking about leaving my wife for him.

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I have been scouring the local goodwill stores in search of another 0* bag for this very purpose! Thanks for sharing.

I have a man-crush on Shug.

I also have a mummy bag that's rated for 0* and I'm planning on using it when its really cold as a TQ. Otherwise, my 30* cheapy bag, DIY UQ and pad are working...

I want to make one just like it. Great job.

I'm with everyone else on the Animate knots page! I also printed and laminated a card about 3.5 size with a reference guide for 40 + common knots. That cheat-card stays in my pack.

Using your tutorial I have made three in the last 24 hours. Thanks!!!

Thanks for the instructions. Made a set and a ridge-line using this tutorial!

I have been wanting to get some of those bottle tubes. Good use!

I must be ADHD because If I'm not making something I am planning or fantasizing about making something. My recent obsession has been hammock camping and I haven't event gone out yet.

I got a...

It's too late, you're past the event horizon and you can NEVER go back. Enjoy.

Made one yesterday and two today using that very same tutorial! Can't go wrong with the step-by-step.

with the loop that I had I only had cord enough for three wraps and that was just a quickie set up and break down, a trial run kind of thing. Would an extra wrap help it hold? I find that more than...

Somewhat unrelated, I have a bunch of paracord. I find the Amsteel too slippery to maintain a prusik hold when it's tied with paracord. Anyone else note this before?

I'm sure it will only barely work for me but the first one is always rough and the project gets better with each incarnation. We'll call this Fleece UQ Mark I.

Well, I did it. It's kind of a test run so it's ugly hence no pictures. I took a thin fleece blnaket and folded it in half, stitched in runners for the hanging apparatus, sewed in some pleats for...

So hire yourself out as a hit man and make Am-Steel necklaces for your marks. Sure you may not succeed but I'm guessing that you'll be the only hitman on the circuit with that technique.

Snow, what's that? It's nearly January here in Michigan and we haven't seen a bit of the white stuff. Awesome UQ you have there. Love the digital camo!!!

All these suggestions make me think that I'm over thinking this. I'm going to start with the KISS principle and add some.

I have one small pad sized bit of a wool blanket that I'm thinking I'll...

Weight and excess sag was somethIng I hadn't considered. The wool will probably make that sag too much but the fleece shouldn't be too bad. I'll try it and give my report later then every one can...

Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to try it and if it doesn't work I'll toss it. I can do it with little to no money so time and the built in cost of the sewing machine is all it will cost me. ...

Forgive me if this has been done to death but I have been thinking of making a UQ out of fleece and was wondering what the thoughts were.

First a few notes about me and my methods that lead me...

While Santa only brought me a GT SBP and a couple Bushcraft books, the gift cards that come with family's love got me, on the way, a Chinook tarp 12x9.5, a Cold Steel trail hawk, some cash for me to...

For me it was Bushcraft USA and the hangers over there. I love being outside, camping out under the stars and such but HATE sleeping on the ground. I have been wanting to try this for many moons...

Thanks for the replies, I'm more encouraged by all the belly sleepers to hangers converts.

If you're ok with such a noob getting in I'd sure like in. I have virtually zero hanging gear but I will soon being the gear ***** that I am.

I'm in (if it's ok). Thanks

...at least the first that I have had the cajones to ask on here.

When I'm sleeping in a bed our on the ground I'm a side or belly sleeper. (as a side note, I snore like a bear, so my wife tells...

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! I'm still pretty much just lurking trying to process it all!



Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on that!!!



Watched them all at least twice. ...

I'm an avid Goodwill and thrift store shopper. In fact it's the only kind of shopping I do. I add this to point out that every time I go into one of these stores there are always sewing machines...

Good on you for losing weight and having the stones to get out and do something. I'm a big guy too, about 335, and I'm just getting into Hammock Camping. Look forward to many answers to my own...