Can someone show me a reference to tie the ends of a Hammock as a Gathered End W technique? I am having trouble trying to figure this out. What material should I use as cordage also? Thanks.
Can someone show me a reference to tie the ends of a Hammock as a Gathered End W technique? I am having trouble trying to figure this out. What material should I use as cordage also? Thanks.
Here (scroll down).
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeHammock2.html
Did you read that already?
Are you wondering how to actually tie the whipping on, or how to do the 'W'?
Edit: angrysparrow...
All you need to know right here: JustJeff's Whipping
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I'm so newb it's sick, thanks for the quick responses! Excited to be a member here. Been browsing for a few months.
OK, easy enough I guess. So now that I am at the last picture from Jeffs page under the "Standard Whipping" section, now what? How do I attach to my webbing from here? From where? What should I do with my two loose ends? Should I apologize?
Forget it, I drool when I breath. Had I just kept reading instead of being so excited to move on, I could have seen the tab "suspension".
Last edited by Hiking Viking; 04-05-2010 at 22:40.
that site has loads of good information. I spent a lot of time on Jeff's page before I even discovered these forums But don't hesitate to ask questions, even if they seem stupid (i've asked my fair share of those) -- I'm sure nobody will mind answering whatever questions you might find.
If you're playing around with "W's" and such, you might want to zip tie your ends before whipping them. That way you can gather your hammock, zip tie and try. Once you find what's most comfortable for you, go ahead and whip it. I'm playing with a standard gather on the head end and a W on the foot end now. It gives me room to slide around up top while having a couple of pockets to rest my feet in on the bottom.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
I pulled the middle the first time and it gave me shoulder squeeze. The next time I pulled the "ears" four inches higher and it worked great.
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