OK, with pics (so people can check whether I did it correctly)
For the short end (the constrictor or dogbone) I took 115cm (45") of 7/64 dyneema. For the prusik I want a 5,5cm loop with a 8cm bury. For the other end (that goes to my marlin spike hitch) I want a 10cm loop with 11cm bury. That leaves about 42cm (16") for the constrictor part. I weigh 85kg (about 187lb), so that should be enough.
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Now lay the short loop over the long end of the UCR and tie a prusik knot (in my case the long end is connected to the hammock):
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Repeat the process 2 more times so you get 3 wraps of cord on each side of the center of the prusik:
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Now it's time to feed the tail of the long end through the constrictor part of the dog bone. This can only go one way:
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A close up of the result:
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And this is how it looks when it all hangs:
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Hope this clarifies it a bit more to others too.
Happy hammock days!
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