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    Theory - Free standing hammock chair/recliner

    Ok, so ever since I built my hammock stand, I've had this thought in my head about a free standing hammock chair/recliner. It would be 2 hammocks with a spreader bar, about 2 1/2 to 3 foot wide. One small one for the seat (about 1 to 1/2 feet long), another for the back (3 to 3 1/2 feet long?). The seat would hang between 2 posts about a seat height, and the back would hang from 2 posts about mid back height to support your back. This may convert from my head to this post very well, so I'll try to draw up some ideas after work tonight.

    I'm also thinking that if you just made one long hammock, with a spreader for the seat and one for the back, with loose material between the two, if you could make the back to where with a hinge or something, it could lay back a little, and scoot the seat out, it would then turn into a recliner, with the excess material then coming up from stretching the seat away from the back. You could then go a little further and lay it all the way down to make a mini bed You'd be laying in the hammocks the opposite direction though, sitting in them sideways instead of long ways though.
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    You lost me at "Ok"

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    I THINK I know what he means, but can't really describe it myself...we'll have to wait for a drawing I guess.

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    Ok, this is a really really crude drawing, done really quick before I'm leaving work. I'm no artist, but hopefully it gives you an idea

    hammock chair.jpg

    After reviewing my own crappy drawing, I put my spreader bars in the wrong direction, they should be on your sides, not across your back. Oops, I was rushed lol

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    Take a look at that Norwegian AMOK (not sure of the spelling) it's in two other threads and it looked like it will do just what you are trying to describe. Pri$cy from Norway but they are saying that they are trying to set up a US distributer to keep the thing competitive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MosinNagant View Post
    Ok, this is a really really crude drawing, done really quick before I'm leaving work. I'm no artist, but hopefully it gives you an idea

    hammock chair.jpg

    After reviewing my own crappy drawing, I put my spreader bars in the wrong direction, they should be on your sides, not across your back. Oops, I was rushed lol
    Aha! A picture IS worth a thousand words.
    Might be hard to make it so that your bum doesn't slide back and between the two sections.

    I actually have an old Coleman camping lounge chair that is somewhat similar to what I think you're describing in the second part.

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    looks like you need to make a stand for something like this: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...inter+recliner

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    that's really close nutty. though not so much on the rope between the legs lol. something more like a traditional chair.

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