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That's a good idea! *Makes note to pick up some washers* Also, I tried the hooks from the end trick that Shumway used -- worked like a charm! The stand feels much more stable now -- as promised, I...

For those using conduit or some other kind of pole for the tripods, I bought myself three 4-packs of something called Leg Tips (I couldn't find the exact one but here's roughly what I'm talking about...

I think treeslayer's method with his stand was simply to have a couple of those extendable tent poles set up next to his tripods -- they ended up being taller, and he tied the tarp to them and then...

Yeah, you'll end up needing taller tripods if you do that -- I originally wasn't sure about the 5'6 length of the tripod poles that other people were using, so I had mine cut to 7' to have a little...

Interesting setup, shumway (or do you go by gordon?) ;) going by your pictures, it looks like you may also be hanging from two 10' fence post top rails like me. About how far apart do you have your...

Well, got my stand put together and had a nice test hang in the Hennessy last night....I ended up not bothering with cutting the fence post just so I could have a solid proof of concept. Even using...

Well, it looks like I may be out of luck for right now. I tried doing the electrical conduit thin that treeslayer did -- I got the tripods put together okay (although I was having issues with the...

Well, I got the tripod part done....but unfortunately, I'm currently having issues with the ridgepole, as I tried the EMT conduit idea...but don't have any feasible way to drill holes to put bolts...

Yup, I saw that the key is to hang from the ridgepole...and now that I've seen a handy-dandy video on how to tie the tripod lashing in the first place, I may just do that. Of course, I've also seen...

I'm planning on making one this weekend out of electrical conduit like treeslayer did...but it occurs to me to wonder whether I'd be able to drill the holes in the pipe, since I don't have a drill...