VIDEO: Build a Flatter Tablecloth...

**GadgetUK437** · 10-14-2015, 07:34

... and they will come.

Prolly old hat, but it's new to me; so I thought I would share.

**Snowball** · 10-14-2015, 13:01

A while back I tried the same but with Ripstop nylon. My Mr. wood was a cabinet door. Looks like you had more luck than I did.
I hemmed the long sides folded the ends like you. It did not work for me. I think the door was too narrow and too long.
My idea was to burn holes in the fabric (Hennessy style) when I got it right but I never did.

Could be I have clone myself and try again someday

**GadgetUK437** · 10-15-2015, 01:29

Does make it very asymmetrical tho'. Might put it back to a symmetric gather, thought I'd settled as a lefty, but it turns out I might be a ambi-layer Hansel!

Here's a shorter version, for the levity-averse

**Redoleary** · 10-15-2015, 06:55

Well done, willing volunteers are hard to come by, Mr.Wood is a good idea, you might even be able to give him some contours with a couple of pillows?

**GadgetUK437** · 10-15-2015, 07:37

Originally Posted by Redoleary

you might even be able to give him some contours with a couple of pillows?

Hmm, there's a thought.
Or I could just wait 'til I'm back at the fire station and use Rescue Randy!

**Redoleary** · 10-15-2015, 08:32

Rescue Randy looks like he would excel at the task.

**Snowball** · 10-15-2015, 09:25

Its overkill for one or two hammocks but when I tried the Mr. wood concept I got another idea.
Make a kind of jig like a hammock upside down. Gravity would help to form the fabric and hold it in place while the ends are gathered.
Hammock jig.jpg

**Snowball** · 12-03-2015, 13:30

What is the status of this hammock or more precise the build concept with Mr. wood?
I am tempted to give it a try (again) but the question is if it’s worth to get the materials for “mr. wood”.

**sidvicious** · 12-03-2015, 13:49

love the vid, no matter how it turns out!

clever!

**GadgetUK437** · 12-03-2015, 15:22

Originally Posted by Snowball

What is the status of this hammock or more precise the build concept with Mr. wood?
I am tempted to give it a try (again) but the question is if it’s worth to get the materials for “mr. wood”.

I am using that hammock at work, I tend to stay with the lefty lay there. My home tablecloth is gathered symmetrically, I tend to swing both ways there!
It's really only marginal gains, just an inch or so here and there, but it definitely is noticeable.

I probably wouldn't go out and buy wood to make the thing, but the old skirting board was ready to hand in the shed. Might be nice to try it with a real human.