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    Making Tree Huggers

    Im getting ready to make a couple pairs of tree huggers and I cant figure out how the loops are supposed to be sewn in. I was planning on setting it to a zig-zag stitch and doing a box with an X inside. any tips? i did a quick search and nothing really came up. i just dont want my stitching to be weak and have the whole thing break on me.
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    8-10 zig zags will work 2-3 box-X stitches will work or a combination of both will work. Box X is supposed to be stronger but I have had someone with some lab time say that a handful of zig zags held over 1000 pounds.
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    Pages 12-15 of this link will tell you more than most people want to know about stitching loops in webbing.

    http://www.caves.org/section/vertical/nhback/NH03.pdf
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    Nice read OG. I've seen and used both. Ed Speer's book says to use 4 (I think) bartacks (overlapping zigzags). I've also used 2 square box-X-stitches. So far, I've stayed off the ground...

    except for that time I sat in my UQ instead of my hammock... Good thing I was hanging over concrete...
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnSawyer View Post
    ....except for that time I sat in my UQ instead of my hammock... ...
    Ha ... did that exact same thing last year with my first UQ on the second time using it ... ya go down really fast!

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldgringo View Post
    Pages 12-15 of this link will tell you more than most people want to know about stitching loops in webbing.

    http://www.caves.org/section/vertical/nhback/NH03.pdf
    Thank You for this report. This type of testing is more relevant than opinion. I will adopt this pattern for sewing nylon tubing on the offshore harnesses I sew.

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    The zig zag is not absolutely required. It makes people feel like it is safer but the commercial loops are not zig zagged. Mutiple passes on a couple of bar tacks finished out with some good stitching to make the box and the "X" are plenty strong for me. I'm a chunky dude too.
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    I neglected to give credit for the link...came out of Albert Skye's article on tree huggers. My bad. Sorry, Albert.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldgringo View Post
    I neglected to give credit for the link...came out of Albert Skye's article on tree huggers. My bad. Sorry, Albert.
    No worries; credit should go to those good authors anyway, and to caves.org for keeping it online.

    By the way, I've noticed that industrial slings tend to be sewn that way.

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    Use strong thread. Box stitches and X stitches is what I am using

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