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The ridge line thingy was not really meant to bear much weight. You could do something like you suggest. It would be an arrangement similar to how Warbonnet Blackbird ridgelines are set up.

You are welcome.

Hopefully I will be able to post an instructional video on the roll whip. I thought I had lost that video along with a bunch of others due to hard drive crash. Luckily I found a...

If you ask for ripstop they should know exactly what you are talking about. Most ripstop is made from nylon which is prone to stretching. Using the hammock a few time will help to alleviate some of...

Adding pull to zippers can be a fun endeavor. It can be done, but it can also be very frustrating. That's why I order my zippers from Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics. Those nice ladies will install the...

Yes, it goes against the carpet. When doing the roll whip you will have the bottom of the hammock facing.

You did a heck of a job. I thought it was a HH before carefully reading the list of your gear in your trip report.

Currently I am using the polyester camo webbing from Outdoor Wilderness Fabric and my ridge lines are Amsteel 7/64 or Amsteel Blue.

Check out page 4 of this thread for pics of the bug net.

Nice writeup BC.

I'm gonna have to do my side tie outs like yours, with the reinforcement patches. The point where my zipper turns that corner is where I'm having some failures. Using the patches...

Most of the video has been filmed, but I am still in the process of figuring out what editing software that I want to use. It has also been a long time since I have edited any video so I have been...

Just a straight stitch, double stitched.

Today I added a method for measuring and making a top cover pattern at the bottom of post 2. I had had a few request to add this info, so there it is.

I will also be adding a video tutorial on...

Thanks. It's something I had been meaning to do for a while but just never got around to it. I was adding loops to my Neat Sheet Multi-Quilt and I decided to take the measurements and post the info.

Just FYI but he question had come up in the past and I thought I would provide the info. I just added a picture and instructions for measuring and placing the asymm.
tie out points in the first...

That's a really nice looking hammock. Your girlfriend looks like she is laying flat as a board in that hammock. I like the trekking pole. Congrats.

Wow. Looks great thereisnospoon. Impressive work. I bet neo will love the camo.

Congrats on the new hammock. Can wait to see pics.

Hey I found something for attaching the ridge line that will work better than the biners I am using. It is a Quick Link that Jeff Mentioned earlier. I got them at WalMart in the hardware section for...

I saw rptinker's pics not long ago and I was very impressed with the work. I'm surprised he hasn't started a thread to show them off. The Claytor clone looks awesome.

There's also something about...

That's my line of thought also. Whipping a hammock Speer-style leaves the middle of the hammock with sag and the edges are tight. With a roll whip the center of the hammock is tight and the edges are...

The seam of the short tube will be in the center of the hammock aqnd you fold each side evenly to the middle.

Side tie outs are not required but I think they do provide a few advantages:


More room in the hammock.

Compatible with the JRB quilts.

Reduces hammock swing.

Takes up some of the slack...

I can measure the distance between side tie outs on my JRB quilt when I get home tonight. You could find the center point of the hammock (length wise) and use the distance between the side tie outs...

Or put them on outside edge of the hammock and you won't touch them at all.

I'm sure velcro would work. I had considered that when making mine but opted to go with a zipper mainly to avoid the hassle of lining up velcro to close the hammock or attach a cover. There is not...

I am using cheapo Coleman mini biners that I got from WalMart at the moment. There has been some concern on whether they are strong enough, but they are working fine so far. As I said before I will...

Hey rptinker,

Welcome to the forum.

My side tie outs are asym. Unfortunatly I don't have the measurement. What I did was to lay the hammock fabric out flat on the floor after hemming the edges...

I got severely p**sed off this weekend. I went back to Target to get another bag so that I could finish my rip stop cover for my HH. I noticed that they had the camo version of sleeping bag I had...

I do plan on changing those biners at some point, but I have to agree with BB. I have sent a few hours lounging in this hammock and there have been no signs of stress on these biners. They still open...

Maybe a different number of folds. I think Drop said he used something like 4 folds instead of the 5 folds I used. My ridge line is probably about 90" from one whipping to the other.

You could do...

Yes, the ridge line is completely removable.:D

That's the beauty of this hammock. I can unzip the cover a little on each end and that will give me cross vents. I can do that on either side, at either end of the hammock, as large or as small as I...

I have about enough material left to make the top cover from the same 1.9 oz fabric. I started with the netting because I have plenty of it and if I screwed it up I would have extra material to work...

Here's Specs

Using as a lounger, side tie out un hooked and Walter (dog) checking everthing out:
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My niece Mallery's first time in...

This has turned out to be my dream hammock. It's extremely comfortable to lay in and I found out today that I can even lay on my stomach comfortably. I still think that roll roll whip is the key to...

I finished my first cover today. I made one out of netting first. I removed the zipper from the sleeping bags and first I sewed the zipper on the edge of the hammock with a double stitch:
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You think a picture of Chuck Norris would do it?:)

I don't know what you are talking about but it sure sounds like fun.;) :D

I thought I would make a bear repellent cover also. It would have "GO AWAY BEARS!!!" painted on the side in big red...

Mine is a structural ridge line. The loop thingy is just a piece of Spectra that was folded in half (22" long I think) and then 2 knots tied in it; one to create he loop which the ridge line clips to...

I measured and cut a pattern for the top covers on my hammock using Tyvek. It was getting dark but I managed to snap a couple of pics.

Here's the hammock hanging:...

That's the way I folded mine. That way the seam for the short tube on each end is situated in the middle, on top. The rolls on the whipping should be on the bottom of the hammock.

I really need to...

I have a DWR nylon hammock and I have no problem with it being breathable or clammy against my skin.

As far as the internal ridge line, I opted to go for the standard larks head attachment for 2...

My Big Lots fleece bags have double pulls on both zippers. I now know that this is not the norm. I'm glad to know what the Coleman Bags use. I found some at Target but they were packaged in a...

Well I checked another Big Lots, Target, ****'s, 2 more WalMarts, and a Family Dollar for the fleece sleeping bags with the correct zipper. No of them were exactly right. The closest zipper to what I...

I have 3 other homemade hammocks and 2 are 60" wide one is 55". They don't lie near as flat as this hammock. Like I said before, I think the roll whip is the reason the hammock lays so flat.

I've stuck out twice so far. I went to Big Lots and they did not have any fleece sleeping bags. I next went to Walmart and they had the $10 fleece bags with the 2 way serprating zipper but it only...

Installing a center zipper would probably be more trouble than it's worth.

That's a great idea. Brilliant! That would mean that I could use the top covers as a zip up hammock skin. It would great if I could get something like that to work.

I think once the zippers are...

The zippers with only separate at one end but can be opened from either end.