Introducing the Tucumán Amazon

[jbryan]

I will see if I can scrounge them up and post their measurements.

[Poppabear]

Good Job! That is a might fine looking "Tucumán Amazon" hammock. You can be justifiably proud of your work. I will be watching for your measurements of the this project. I'll also be looking forward to seeing your UQ and TQ when you get around to making them.

[jbryan]

Well I couldn't find my diagram, so I just went out and measured it up.
The main body is 120" by 65"
The footbox right isosceles triangle has sides of 30"
The trapezoid that makes the shelf has a base of 43", top of 25", head side of 18" and foot side of 17".
The triangle and trapezoid overlap 2" onto one another. Also they are set off the ends about 6" or so.

[Truehart]

Thanks jbryan. So, your footbox is a right triangle with two 30" sides, the hypotenuse aprox. 42.5", and the other two angles being 45*. Am I correct? Also, is the hypotenuse the part that is sewn to the body?

[HCH]

Very nice...lots of nice DIY hammocks you all are putting out. Glad I found this forum and my sewing machne is on it's way.

[jbryan]

No, actually the two other sides are sew to the main body. Turning that corner is a little tricky, but that is what makes the footbox stick out like it does.

[SmokeHouse]

Great job... very nice

[Truehart]

Ah, gotcha, I see it now in the picture. So, basically, you had a rectangular body and then took your triangle and sewed one of the short legs, starting about 6" from the end, then the other short leg and thus making a type of bowl-like-shape with a point at the bottom of the bowl. Correct?

Also, how does it sleep/function? Do you like it? Anything you would change?

[jbryan]

Well as I was making it the shelf was twice as big. After I cut it out and saw how big it was it cut it down to the dimensions that I gave. Also, every two feet I added tie outs so that I can hang underquilts from them or use shock cord to pull it out. I should be getting my crowsnest soon to truly test this feature out. Should save a few ounces in suspension weight.
Oh, I almost forgot. There is a 6" strip on the opposite side of the shelf side where I attached the zipper and bug net. For the bug net I set it up and then draped the netting over it and pinned and cut it to the correct size. The same method is used to make an over cover.