Ahh I see. Good point. I should be receiving all my supplies tomorrow. Looks like I'll be having a busy weekend
Ahh I see. Good point. I should be receiving all my supplies tomorrow. Looks like I'll be having a busy weekend
GreatBigDave - Alright. I've been at this for two hours now. My fingers are completely raw and I haven't even finished a single line yet. Are there any other tips you can share? As of right now I am completely convinced that 3/32nd shock cord is IMPOSSIBLE to fit through 1.75mm Zing-It. Help me pleaseeeeeeee
I should mention that I actually was able to get about 2" of the shock cord in but then my Zing-It just didn't budge after that. Ow, it hurts typing with my raw fingers
Wow, I'm sorry I didn't see this 'til now.
I bunched up the Zing-It on the wire fid and push that onto the shock cord. Once the hollowed shock cord tail is buried then I milked the Zing-It over the shock cord by stretching the shock cord inside the Zing-It. I'll try to make a video.
Tying a clove hitch with the guyline and using the tip end of shock cord as the 'toggle' works great too. Only works when the shock cord diameter is bigger than that of the guyline, however.
edit: pays to read the thread before posting. the very first post shows the clove hitch method. the spliced version looks very nice and clean.
Last edited by ShellHammock; 11-28-2014 at 17:10.
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Maybe I missed something, but what would be the main difference to the original ways in the OP to make these lines, and the way Shug does then in his video?
In Shugs video, he simply puts the piece of shock cord strait inline with the tarp lines. In the examples in the OP they are essentially doubled up in some manner essentially using two shock cord lengths.
Hope this makes sense, I am just curious if doing it the single shock cord length like Shug does will work just as well.
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Havent read all 21 pages so forgive me if I repeat what someone else has done.
I simply use two seperate loops one is bunjee cord and the other is a safety line should the bungy overstretch or let go. Then larks head as per usuall individually.
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Perhaps someone here can explain to me, what the advantage of doing it like in the thread instead of just like this https://youtu.be/kZEeWGJk1f8?t=303 ?
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