As I'm making the tarp out of 1.1 silnylon, would it be fragile in this area (the ridge line) when you pull it taught?
As I'm making the tarp out of 1.1 silnylon, would it be fragile in this area (the ridge line) when you pull it taught?
They say just tie outs into the hem line is strong enough, but i went for triangle reinforcement as they are strong and easy
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Last edited by Tacblades; 12-06-2014 at 09:45.
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Tacblades
Nope, its tougher than you think. Take a small piece of scrap sil and sew some grosgrain to it on opposite ends then try to pull it apart, and don't use any reinforcement. Stand on one end, pull up on the other and pull as hard as you can. If you're strong enough to make it fail, which I am not, you'll find that it can take an amazing amount of force. Part of the secret of success here is spreading out the load with the grosgrain itself. If you look at my photos from the previous post you'll see the part of the grosgrain that is sewn down is large-ish. I think a good rule of thumb is to have the length of the sewn down portion be 3X the width of the grosgrain, at a minimum 2X but 3X would be better.
Part of the strength is derived from the pattern with which you sew it as well. I copy the pattern off the fall restraint harness I use a work.
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Thank you all for your input. I have been spending time in Ontario so I never had the chance to check up on this forum!
For an update to all, I made a tarp with reinforcements and I am very pleased with the results. Unfortunately I rushed the reinforcements and they are a relative eye sore. I probably will fix them up one day, but for now they are functional which is all that matters.
What are your opinions on having a rope running beneath the Ridgeline for extra support?
Thank you all for your help!
As a further question
My ridge line runs under the tarp, never had any problems.
Good luck,
RED
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Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
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Good luck,
RED
My Youtube Channel
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace without end to you.
adapted from - ancient gaelic runes
Good luck,
RED
My Youtube Channel
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace without end to you.
adapted from - ancient gaelic runes
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