TATO Gear hammock stand hack

[barchetta]

So I came up with a pretty easy way to cut the hammock stack pack size in half, sort of.

I made some parts that allow the user to cut the legs in half. My materials may be a little pricey, but I wanted it to be as light as possible.

First I bought some 1 3/4x1 3/4 aluminum square extrusion, got 12 delrin clamp collars, and 12, 2 1/2 inch, 1/4 inch diameter pieces of titanium.

Drilled 1/4 inch holes in the aluminum and assembled everything.

It seems pretty rigid, at least enough for me to bounce around in the hammock :-)

Here are a few pictures.

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[novasquid]

I don't have a tato stand but that looks interesting. but can you explain the hack a little more, because this is all I'm seeing

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[barchetta]

uploadfromtaptalk1430448455241.jpg this probably helps. Plus I posted this in the wrong section. There is a more thurough explanation in "other vendors and services" under TATO hammock stand.