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    Senior Member Triggerhpy's Avatar
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    What the was the project cost brake down and how much time did it take?
    Last edited by Triggerhpy; 10-02-2011 at 13:57.
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    This is my next DIY, thanks for the instructions.

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    So clear and concise
    I felt my response should be
    Written as haiku

    Picture--thousand words
    video--thousand pictures
    Ah! NOW I get it

    Once again, great post
    Fronkey! Must finish now and
    Make me a bugnet
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    You're gonna need a bigger hammock

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    Quote Originally Posted by Triggerhpy View Post
    What the was the project cost brake down and how much time did it take?
    Great questions!

    It takes about 30-45 minutes to make one your first go at it.

    The cost of materials will vary depending on the person and materials. Tulle being cheaper than no see um and length of ridgeline etc.

    If you need a fabric long enough for a 110" ridgeline you will need 7 yards. You will have a little under a yard of it left over though.

    But, a breakdown for a 110" ridgeline would come out like this.

    7 yards of no see um fabric would be about $25 and 5-6 yards of shock cord would be about $1.40.
    So, the whole project would be roughly $26.40. Plus you would have plenty of fabric left over to make a couple sets of snake skins for your tarp and some other stuff too.

    If you used Tulle it would be about $16.00


    Quote Originally Posted by jareed58 View Post
    This is my next DIY, thanks for the instructions.
    Awesome! Let me know how it comes out.

    Quote Originally Posted by timabababaluka View Post
    So clear and concise
    I felt my response should be
    Written as haiku

    Picture--thousand words
    video--thousand pictures
    Ah! NOW I get it

    Once again, great post
    Fronkey! Must finish now and
    Make me a bugnet
    I shall return my gratitude with a haiku as well.

    Thank you for your words.
    I do appreciate it!
    Refrigerator.



    Good luck dude and hope you like it.
    Fronkey

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    Fronkey, you just keep upping the bar. These are excellent and easy to follow directions. Well done as with all your vids. How much do your actors get paid?
    Syb
    Enjoy the elevation

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    Thanks for the brake down. I would go with the no-see-um for sure.
    Again thanks and on the shock cord mod.
    Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.
    Translated by George Fyler Townsend. Aesop's Fables (p. 18). Amazon Digital Services, Inc..

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    I spent the afternoon hunting noseeum....Seattle fabrics seemed to have the best price at $2.99/yd and they sell the other goodies too. It's just kind of sad to pay $25 to build a bug net for a $14 hammock. Oh well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Syb View Post
    Fronkey, you just keep upping the bar. These are excellent and easy to follow directions. Well done as with all your vids. How much do your actors get paid?
    Thanks so much Syb!

    They had a lot of demands. Their own trailer, assistants, more cat nip and bacon. Man, those actors are a pain!

    Quote Originally Posted by Triggerhpy View Post
    Thanks for the brake down. I would go with the no-see-um for sure.
    Again thanks and on the shock cord mod.
    Awesome, glad it worked for you.

    No see um all the way for me too. I like the stronger material when I'm out there. I'm clumsy and careless.

    Quote Originally Posted by zukiguy View Post
    I spent the afternoon hunting noseeum....Seattle fabrics seemed to have the best price at $2.99/yd and they sell the other goodies too. It's just kind of sad to pay $25 to build a bug net for a $14 hammock. Oh well.
    How is their shipping? I heard it's a little steep on some things.


    Fronkey

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    Quote Originally Posted by HappyHiker View Post
    About how much does a finished one weigh?
    I just weighed the one I made for a friend and it came out to 6.2oz.

    Fronkey

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    It works!

    I'm attaching a picture of a bug net made Fronkey-style out of tulle. The occupier of the hammock is my cousin and hammock tester. You'll see I have a makeshift ridgeline made of mason line. The ridgeline of this bug net is 10' and it was made for this hammock, which is 11' long. I made a small stuff sack out of the same material as the hammock and with the bug net in the stuff sack the whole thing comes to 2.65 oz. I used mason line for the under channel instead of shock cord, because I find shock cord binds up on tulle.

    bug net 01.jpg

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