My Bridge Hammock System

[Hooch]

Welcome back, TeeDee, your experience and expertise have been missed. Glad to have you back.

[Cannibal]

Welcome back TeeDee!

A series of articles!?!?!? This is gonna be coooool.

[GrizzlyAdams]

Welcome back TeeDee!

A series of articles!?!?!? This is gonna be coooool.

I know I've been letting you down C, going easy on the equations of late. TeeDee will fix you right up!

Grizz

[Cannibal]

I'm going to go study the Greek alphabet again.

But for 6 articles, it'll be worth it.

[ryndel]

Impatiently waiting...

[headchange4u]

Yeah I can't wait to see the article. After lying in Grizz's bridge hammock at the RRG I have been moving that project up on my to do list. I actually put off making mine until I can see what your articles have to offer.

[kohburn]

i put off making an underquilt untill i try making a bridge. if i like it more then i'll customize the UQ for the bridge. and not i'm thinking about this whole bridge-skin thing.

[TeeDee]

i put off making an underquilt untill i try making a bridge. if i like it more then i'll customize the UQ for the bridge. and not i'm thinking about this whole bridge-skin thing.

My biased advise: Make a Bridge Hammock first - even easier than making a quilt, top or under.

Making an under quilt for the Bridge is trivial - only hand sewing necessary - of course you can use a sewing machine to do it also.

My article shows how to use a Poncho Liner or rectangular sleeping bag, down or synthetic, to make an under quilt for the bridge Hammock that fits perfectly. Only hand sewing necessary to adapt either - no alterations to the poncho liner or sleeping bag. Using a sewing machine, either can be adapted to fit a Bridge Hammock perfectly in about 15 to 30 minutes. By hand, probably 30 to 45 minutes.

Until Just Jeff or ATTROL can review and post the article, here is the table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Hems and Bias Tape
3. Why Did I make a Bridge Hammock
4. Material list & links
5. Making Main body of Bridge Hammock
   
   1. dimensions
   2. laying out arc pattern
   3. reinforcement patches - or not
   4. corner rings
   5. sewing webbing whipping
6. Bridge Hammock Suspension
   
   1. more rings
   2. suspension triangle
   3. to buckle or not to buckle - your choice
7. Structural Ridge Line
   
   1. ridge line forces & line to use
   2. setting up ridge line
   3. more rings or Quick Links
8. Spreader bars
   
   1. for testing & car camping
   2. length and stability
   3. compression forces
   4. hiking poles as spreader bars
      
      1. pole tip and top
      2. limiting hiking pole collapse
9. hanging the Bridge Hammock
10. getting into the Bridge Hammock
11. determine desired ridge line length
12. determine desired spreader bar length
13. Taking down the Bridge Hammock
14. Bridge Hammock Accessories
    
    1. Tie Off Cords
    2. Tie Off Bars
    3. Gear Loft/Hammock
    4. Bridge Hammock Pillow
    5. Overcover
    6. Draft Stoppers
    7. Mating Overcover and draft stoppers
    8. Bug Netting
       
       1. Making an Octagon patch pattern
    9. Poncho Liner as under quilt
    10. Sleeping bag as under quilt
    11. Overcover with sleeping bag or poncho Liner
15. My Bridge Hammock Specifications
16. Terminology Rant
17. Spreader Bar Compression Forces
18. Force and Draft stopper parabola computation
19. Sample output

I just hope that what I have been able to learn is useful to the forums community.

[Cannibal]

This is worse than waiting for Xmas.

[Gailainne]

TeeDee

As a new member to this forum it was always frustrating to me that all that was left of your posts were the ones someone else had quoted, normally GrizzlyAdams , it was like getting only half a conversation, like I said frustrating, I am really looking forward to your article, and the conversation it evokes.

Regards

Stephen