Looks great...love the L where you hang the carabeaner.
Vince
Looks great...love the L where you hang the carabeaner.
Vince
Hang it high and God Bless!!
Vince
You may be able to find the deminsions of his stands in his book, check out a copy at the local library (if they have it). If not I know Books A Million will be able to get you a copy.
I did not mean to offend, I was just looking at the street L and thinking about the load forces that are being applied at this point. As a big fella, If it ain't 1" or better I want be on it!!!!!!!! Enjoy the stand and enjoy the relaxation you get in it............
Par Si Vis Pace Para Bellum
Here's Ed's stand:
http://web.archive.org/web/200801241...Made+Stand.htm
I agree with your assessment...those little cast iron fittings make me nervous.
I have built some "top bar" stands, but they are welded.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
No offense taken!!! I'm a talker and a thinker and new to communicating in forums! I'll work on my tone, I didn't mean to be all defensive when I was writing... I've got to learn how to use those emoticons & smilies better too.
And we're all tiny women using this hammock stand, the biggest person is 5'4" & 135 Lbs. Now if two of us were to share the hammock stand, I would be a lot more concerned.
Cool, the WayBack Machine or whatever it is didn't want to take me to this when I tried previously. Thanks! I was thinking 1.25 would be a nice size pipe to hang from, and apparently it is!!! But it sure isn't cheap...
All pieces are 1.25" galvanized steel pipe or fittings as priced by my local Menards hardware store
Cost$
24.49 A) 10' pipe, one for horizontal ridgepole
8.47 B) 18" pipe, one to extend horizontal ridgepole
43.96 C) 5' pipe, 2 for uprights
43.68 D) 24" pipe, 4 for foot braces
7.02 E) 90 degree Elbow, 2 to attach uprights to ridgepole
11.18 F) Tee Junction, 2 to attach foot braces to uprights
7.49 G) 1.25" Union, one to attach 18" & 10' ridgepole pipes
Total cost: $146.29 plus tax, plus wrenches
Ed Speer's total from Lowes in April of 2004 was 108.10 plus tax, plus wrenches
No, not cheap, and not light, either.
I built mine to fit inside a specific canvas wall tent during deer season...hauled it to our campsite, put it together, and that's where it's gonna stay, 'till the end of time.
Here's the thread for my welded stand.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...t=welded+steel
Last edited by oldgringo; 08-05-2011 at 02:19.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
Thanks OldGringo, I like your welded stand! It's less expensive than galvanized pipe and you don't have to deal with the headache of using fittings & pipe wrenches. And the 'biner hooks are really slick!!!
I'm thinking about a project like this, but out of wood. I'll start a new thread for that idea, though.
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