Do you think it's possible to go smaller with those? It doesn't appear than your burries go the full length of the loop and meet eachother in the middle. I am looking at the smallest loop I can make that will safely hold my 240lb butt off the ground
I plan on putting the entire loop through the end channel of my hammock and and then larks heading the whoopie to the two ends of the loop sticking out similar to this setup so the shorter the loop the less length im adding to my 11' hammock.
You might consider a short dog bone instead.
good question, though that's my 104" long hammock set up there... Normal whipping/gathered ends made it way too short for me, hence the webbing loop on the ends in this set up.
I agree with this guy though, for the 11 ft hammock, a dogbone should be OK...
I cant imagine you can get a dogbone shorter than a continuous loop. Seems to me you have 1/2 the amount of room to burry so I worry about strength.
Late to the party, but I make my own splicing needles from aluminum (sometimes brass) tubing. I can't make myself pay >$100 for the spectra splicing sets, even though I use them for fishing as well as backpacking and my son's "real" rope work. You can pick up random sized aluminum/brass tubing packs from places like Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and other art type shops. I believe they are usually in the model building section.
I fill the end with solder, though you could use pretty much anything (JB weld), and then sand/file it down smooth and slightly pointed.
Not sure you could find 22 ga though...
Is it possible to replace the photos in the OP (original post)?
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