DIY Hammock with Reversible Net (Chameleon-Style)

[Scouter_Ken]

I have a similar project in the works, but working through it much slower

What weight of noseeum did you use?

have you also built a winter cover?

[kitsapcowboy]

I busted out a second one of these the day before yesterday; the body is made out of a double layer of red 1.35 oz ripstop nylon, another inexpensive remnant. Dimensions are the same. I tried matching fabric hoods this time (with adjustable elastic cinches), just to do something different. Color-coordinated OutdoorINK stuff sack FTW!

[Kinexus]

Amazing design, but I'm not finding those Vislon two-way zippers at all on Dutch's site. Maybe they are out of stock now? I only see the short one-way Vislon zippers. I'm looking to do something very similar for my next project. Does anyone know when these zippers will be back on the site?

[kitsapcowboy]

Amazing design, but I'm not finding those Vislon two-way zippers at all on Dutch's site. Maybe they are out of stock now? I only see the short one-way Vislon zippers. I'm looking to do something very similar for my next project. Does anyone know when these zippers will be back on the site?

Thanks. Try sending atrane21 a PM or e-mail, and, if they are available but not yet added to the new website, you can probably order them using the "Custom Item" function and then make notes on your order at checkout. I used the 115" length of zipper on these hammocks.

[Kinexus]

Thanks. Try sending atrane21 a PM or e-mail, and, if they are available but not yet added to the new website, you can probably order them using the "Custom Item" function and then make notes on your order at checkout. I used the 115" length of zipper on these hammocks.

Thanks for the help! I'm excited to get this project going. It will be my first hammock with an integrated bug net

[kitsapcowboy]

...What weight of noseeum did you use? have you also built a winter cover?

I used 0.9 oz NoSeeUm for trailworthiness, but I'm sure Dutch's 0.67 oz Nano NoSeeUm mesh works just great, and I think that's what's on the Chameleon. A top cover is in the works, using the exact same finished shape as the net; I will probably join a 12" wide mesh vent to the fabric of the top cover with a flat-felled seam parallel to one short end of the parallelogram.

[Scouter_Ken]

Contact Dutch directly for the zippers, your choice of #3 or #5. He will have you enter a custom order.

As usual great service and very quick shipping.

[kitsapcowboy]

A couple more detail shots of the second reversible-net hammock showing how I assembled the elastic drawcord for the zipper hood cinches and reinforced the apertures...

[Dingletrut]

Awesome work. I admit I was waiting to do the bugnet for my chameleon clone in the hope that you would do one first that I could copy

Thanks!

[kitsapcowboy]

Awesome work. I admit I was waiting to do the bugnet for my chameleon clone in the hope that you would do one first that I could copy Thanks!

Thank you, and you're welcome... LOL