black cat 2 tarp
just got mine finished 5 1/2 hours but man it looks good if I have to say so myself pictures to come tomorrow. this one I will take in the day light found a new way to make my cat curve thanks to ed speers. he was alot of help with lots of short cut and thanks to blackbisop for I could not have done it with out his input. pic to come now time to play.
ps. like the underquilt and top cover hope to never have to build anymore but problelly will till later peace
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Please share. I am interested to hear what shortcuts Ed has.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
I definitely am too - especially since, strictly speaking, there AREN'T any shortcuts to a "true" catenary curve.
"Physics is the only true science. All else is stamp collecting." - J. J. Thompson
Yeah I'm not saying the math held up to my sewing, cutting, and measuring skills. But I there is a decent amount of Trig behind the cat cut.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
It's not even the trig that's the problem. Anybody in a HS geometry class (and those that REMEMBER HS geometryOriginally Posted by hammock engineer
) can figure the trig for the hex shape. The catenary function just isn't solvable in closed form for a given set of constraints. It has to be done numerically, requiring some sort of computer program.
"Physics is the only true science. All else is stamp collecting." - J. J. Thompson
instead of all the math that by the way Im not good at. you said 6in center point. took 7 foot of paper and a rope taped it to both ends and the wall. put it to the mark of 6ins traced cut out then folded 24foot or 8yards of black sil for a 12 foot ridge then folded inhalf to find true center then I marked three foot 1and a 1/4 inches then I cut the hex then cut the cat. both sides at the same time. now no matter how I fold it it is all even. hope this helps did it the country boy way with some help i might add .thanks everyone
Bear bait what??? Your It!!!!!!!!
It's been so long agoIt's not even the trig that's the problem. Anybody in a HS geometry class (and those that REMEMBER HS geometry. I might more in the terms of sine and cosine, then trig and geometry.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
OK gotcha. That should work fine, actually. For me it's just easier to mess up without precise measurements.instead of all the math that by the way Im not good at. you said 6in center point. took 7 foot of paper and a rope taped it to both ends and the wall. put it to the mark of 6ins traced cut out then folded 24foot or 8yards of black sil for a 12 foot ridge then folded inhalf to find true center then I marked three foot 1and a 1/4 inches then I cut the hex then cut the cat. both sides at the same time. now no matter how I fold it it is all even. hope this helps did it the country boy way with some help i might add .thanks everyone
"Physics is the only true science. All else is stamp collecting." - J. J. Thompson
instead of all the math that by the way Im not good at. you said 6in center point. took 7 foot of paper and a rope taped it to both ends and the wall. put it to the mark of 6ins traced cut out then folded 24foot or 8yards of black sil for a 12 foot ridge then folded inhalf to find true center then I marked three foot 1and a 1/4 inches then I cut the hex then cut the cat. both sides at the same time. now no matter how I fold it it is all even. hope this helps did it the country boy way with some help i might add .thanks everyone
If it works, then go with it. Mine is tight except for the couple sewing errors I made. I might talk myself into a new one to correct this. It works fine just looks a little off, but then again so do I.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
that sounds like the way i would have to do it... the country boy way<g>.instead of all the math that by the way Im not good at. you said 6in center point. took 7 foot of paper and a rope taped it to both ends and the wall. put it to the mark of 6ins traced cut out then folded 24foot or 8yards of black sil for a 12 foot ridge then folded inhalf to find true center then I marked three foot 1and a 1/4 inches then I cut the hex then cut the cat. both sides at the same time. now no matter how I fold it it is all even. hope this helps did it the country boy way with some help i might add .thanks everyone
i'm not much on math either.
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