To sum things up. I've been bitten by the DIY/MYOG bug recently and I'm looking to try out hammock camping as well so I want to make my own. Just hoping that someone could look over my order of materials before I send it in. $100 shipped seems a bit pricey but I'm definitely a novice and have no idea what to expect.
I still have some strips of leftover noseeum (for making pockets to weight down the bug net), lots of 200D oxford nylon for reinforcements and plenty of gutermann mara from my first MYOG project.
Bug net:
4 yards noseemum
scraps for making pockets to weight it down over the edges
Hammock:
7 yards of 48" wide 1.1 nylon ripstop (double layer hammock)
30 feet of amsteel blue (7/64) for whipping, "rope carabiners", whoopie sling
14 feet of 1" polyester webbing for tree straps.
ridgeline - referenced under "Notes"
Tarp:
6 yards of 48" wide 1.1 nylon ripstop (will make my own coating of silnylon) -- makes an 8' x 10' hex tarp
reinforced with scrap oxford or 70D ripstop (urethane)
I still have plenty of scrap tieout material as well
Other:
12 feet of tech line - 1.9mm
70 feet of Amsteel blue - (7/64)
Notes:
I'm not sure if I should use tech line for guylines or the ridgeline...or both. Would love to get some advice on this. Currently, I'm planning to use 12 feet of tech line for guylines and then just take what I need for the ridgeline from my extra 70 feet of Amsteel blue (just because I like the stuff and want extra).
For reference, I'm roughly 6 feet tall and a 160lbs.
If there are better/cheaper materials to use please let me know. I'd also like a bit of guideance as far as what type of bug net to make...a "cocoon" type that is like a tube that you slide over the hammock or one than drapes over the sides and just hangs there...thinking the latter would be easier to make and easier to use in the field (makes getting in/out easier) but I have no experience with it.
Also, I'm not sure 48" wide is going to be enough for the hammock...if I go with 60" or more then I would make the hammock as well as cut off some of the width for making "snakeskins" (that's what you call them right?)
Thanks a ton in advance for any help I get!
-Jordan
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