that came out great,
cant wait to hear some reports after some cold weather.
i made mine when i still lived in california,
im going to have to make a thicker one like yours for the montana winters.
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that came out great,
cant wait to hear some reports after some cold weather.
i made mine when i still lived in california,
im going to have to make a thicker one like yours for the montana winters.
i went through all the threads and settled on polyester.
theres like no stretch and i dont think its that much heavier than polypro.
im curious as to what length, size, and type of zipper you got,
and where you got it from?
been wanting to add a detachable bug net to my DIY hammock.
i still have a little while before im eliable for the discount, but i think i dont have a choice but to pick one up.
hey all, i recently moved to montana, about 2 months ago,
im in bozeman, any hangers out there looking to get together,
plan a hang? ive gone camping a few times out here but not super familiar...
for the mystery ranch part or the discount part?
ok so i got a new job as of about a month ago at Mystery Ranch,
the coolest backpack company in the world.
anyways we have a huge list of venders that we get good deals on, and hennessy happens to...
yeah ive made a single layer and a double layer out of scotts woodland camo.
works great.
hows things coming along adam?
congrats paul, thanks alot for your help.
im glad i could contribute a small amount to help your family and your business.
hope the van works out
man, i gave the double layer i made to my friend, and the other day alot of us were a park, and we both set our hammocks up between trees, and he was laying in it like a banana(i had already given...
i agree with shug, something can be cool, but it being made in the good old USA, that should bump it to the top of the list. im all about supporting this country and the other great americans that...
i bought a 4 pack of plastic figure 9s from REI one time (not paying attention that they were plastic, they were on sale) when i was doing mods to my tarp, i set it up with one and it snapped, from...
i ordered a bunch of polyester wedding from paul, AHE, once that gets in, ill be able to cut the tree straps for my single layer with the whoopies, and the straps for the double layer with cinch...
light? lite?
which relates to weight?
wow:boggle:
i made a whoopie sling last night,
and i just finished the second one today and put them on my single layer camo.
those things are great!
im really impressed, it was really easy to...
oh you know the usual,
i was planning a hang somewhere between the grand canyon.
set a slack line up to walk out to:D
oh theres no way ill be able to climb out of this pit anytime soon, haha,
ive crossed over to the dark side.
it really is addicting. i come home everyday and come on HF.
looking for new threads, or ones im following.
and think of something to sew, or finish something, or start something.
ive made 3...
thanks, man, hammocks are fun to make, or rather, its pretty quick and easy, and your hanging in no time,:D
i made a new stuff sack for that hammock, wider and fatter,
it looks better.
i ordered...
thanks tom. i didnt think to check speer.
it seems like the polyester is the best choice, but polypros not far behind,
i need 240ft. so im looking for the cheapest, (expensive wise) i can get.
if...
i was planning on ordering a bunch of polypro webbing from quest.
unless im missing something, quest doesnt have polyester webbing, at least not right now.
my question now is do i get the medium...
thanks, the amsteel is girth hitched around the hammock and loops through the cinch buckles. and the ridgleine goes through that, its rigged up the same as warbonnets, best i can tell.
and the...
made my first, and second hammock this weekend, out of 1.1 ounce uncoated woodland camo from scott at BWDD.
the first was a single layer, the second was a double layer,
they are both 118.5 inches...
that looks like army digital,
anyone know for sure?
whats the weight of it?
agh!
dang it, i just got the 12 yards of woodland camo in the mail,
now im going to have to get more just in case i ever want to make a quilt in camo!
or rather, when i decide to make a quilt in...
i went to a local sewing machine/vacume store(go figure) the lady there fixes and repairs both, i just told her what i wanted to do, and she told me what i needed, then found one for me and fixed it...
just got the fabric in the mail, thanks alot scott. the camo looks great, cant wait to make a hammock out of it!
thanks for the complement tom.
its really not much work, and you end up with a really nice tarp, for really cheap.
ive yet to seam seal mine, i need to get more seam sealer, and set it up in...
what do you use to dye nylon?
do you mean the dyeing will be a nightmare or the hammocks?:(
Nice.
im no longer a jr. member,
im a Member!:D
(sorry, as you were)
right on. ive been looking for places to get different color fabrics for the hammocks im going to be making, you know so the family doesnt all have the same one.
ill be sure to be picking up at...
nice, thanks for the info guys,
im going to be making 8 of them, i would need 7, but i need one for myself to!
now im going to go get a 1pound bag of beef jerky from wally world
Just a quick question.
im going to be making hammocks for my family for christmas, and im getting a head start on ordering all the material.
i was planning on ordering the 1.9 ripstop from quest....
last night i sewed on some velcro to close the doors,
i didnt get enough, i forgot that there are to doors, to close, :D
but it worked out ok, i was going to do 3 10 inch strips on either side, but...
i ordered some down and fabric from adam the other day, and when i got home today i found a little orange slip in the mail that said the package has arrived, but he didnt leave it because no one was...
What Adam said!
the differential cut and pleats are two different things,
the differential cut as you know makes the outer shell to fit around inner shell so it doesnt compress the down. but if...
thanks guys,
i want to be able to close the doors shut for rain, snow, whatever.
what is your guys favorite method?
velcro, snaps, toggles and loops, etc?
i was thinking velcro would be cool,...
i added center tie outs to the tarp, im really happy with it, they really open the tarp up, unfortionatly theres a place in my backyard to set up my hammock, and a place in the front to set up the...
thanks alot Dutch,
yes, the pleats run between each baffle, starting at taking in 2 inches from the out side to zero. i havnt gotten to use it an any temps below 45, but it sure is warm
i made my underquilt with black ripstop from thruhiker for the inner shell and gray green momentum, i posted a thread on it, just so you could get a better idea of what color it is, you cant really...
whats the length of the ridgeline?
and how far apart are the lower tie outs?
i just finished it sewing it and setting it up, i just threw on some mason line to see how it works, i will improve it later, and i plan on adding center pull outs so i can pull out the sides and...
i was planning on cutting alot off of my GG tarp, and then when i actually layed the thing out and measured it, i realized how much smaller the actual dimensions were. its actually 10'6''x10'6''. and...
here is a picture of the stuff sack a made for the underquilt(the gray one), next to a one for my GG 12x12 tarp(the black one). and a 32 oz. nalgine for comparison,
the black one is the first thing...
i dont have a good scale, the closest thing i have is a fishing scale that goes to 15 pounds. the quilt with suspension comes in a little under a pound. right at 7/8 lbs. i need to get a digital...
check out wiggys.com
they have a alot of different bags to pick from, i dont have any first hand experience with them, heard about the company from a survivalist website, the guy there swore by...
here are a couple pictures
got home about an hour and a half ago to find a package from adam,
yep, its 8 ounces of down.
i already have it all in and finished the quilt, pictures will be up soon, im going to go hang in it a...
i have all the grosgrain and tie outs sewn all, except for the one side to put the down in, just waiting on the down to finish it all up. im really happy with it though, cant wait to try it out.
thanks guys, it was my first project, apart from a couple stuff sacks, i cant wait till i get home so i can finish it up, i flew out to florida and im driving back to california tomorrow.