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    Video : A Hardware Free Detachable Hammock Suspension

    With the flurry of posts on ways of connecting up suspension systems, I got to thinking about how to bring together whoopie slings, a structural ridgeline, and cord-based attachment of the hammock ends in such a way that the hammock can be clipped on and off easily. Naturally, soft shackle ideas are at the heart of it----instead of making an SMC ring or biner of some heritage the central connecting point, you make a diamond knot the central connecting point. You can pull out all the stops and make a complete strap-to-strap system doing this (i.e. "All in one" suspension), without using metal anywhere.

    There is no compelling reason to do this, it's just a fun system to cook up for the individual who likes to build gear, and likes the esthetics of splicing and using spliced systems.

    In a bid to create the most awkward acronym yet for a suspension system, I dub this the Hardware Free Detachable Hammock Suspension (HFDHS).

    If you don't have 15 minutes to kill on a video, the idea is simple and obvious---when you make your whoopie slings, put a diamond knot at the end rather than a fixed eye. That knot serves as a jam for a continuous cord loop that is girth hitched onto the hammock end, and has a special sliding knot that closes off the loop at the diamond knot. The diamond knots work well also for jamming looped ends of an adjustable ridgeline.

    OK, for those with time to kill...


    Last edited by GrizzlyAdams; 06-06-2011 at 06:04.
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    Very clever Grizz. Nicely laid out. I will need to come back to this when I get around to the suspension for Bridge 2.

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    Food for thought. Thanks for sharing.

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    That's pretty cool Grizz.
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    Super ideas.
    Thanks for sharing.

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    Some great stuff there. I am going to incorporate the sliders on what I have now.

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    Very clever Grizz ... very clever indeed.

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    Still thinking while getting ready for work...
    How strong do you think the slider knot is. For instance, if one were to use a single piece of amsteel for the suspension triangle of a bridge and used your slider knot at the apex, would that be strong enough for attaching over the diamond knot at the end of your whoopie? I haven't thought this through enough perhaps...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BER View Post
    Still thinking while getting ready for work...
    How strong do you think the slider knot is. For instance, if one were to use a single piece of amsteel for the suspension triangle of a bridge and used your slider knot at the apex, would that be strong enough for attaching over the diamond knot at the end of your whoopie? I haven't thought this through enough perhaps...
    Quote Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams View Post

    The wraps will be strong enough, but with the angle of the suspension sides they'll be trying hard to tear the knot apart. Another challenge! The key will be the way the wrap is tied off....
    What if instead of a continuous loop with a sliding whip knot below the apex, you did a straight length of cord to form the suspension triangle, with the cord ends at the apex? You could then have eyes on both ends, both with whip knots, and loop both eyes over the diamond knot?

    I'm still learning about bridge suspensions. Is there an advantage to a single line for the triangle as opposed to two separate matched cords attached to the hammock?

    Edit: Actually, I just rewatched Grizz's "The Making of a GrizzBridge part three (Gone Loopy)" video. What if you did two separate cords with eyes on each end? Would it be reasonably easy enough to make them the same length? And Grizz, would you recommend using the type of eye you did in the video for attaching to the soft shackles near the hammock, or would you use the new whip knot eye for both ends of each cord?
    Last edited by Tenaya; 06-07-2011 at 17:26. Reason: Update

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    Very neat idea Grizz!
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