I've just finished my first attempt at a tarp.
Its a 3.4x3m PU coated 1.5 oz nylon tarp with a catenary cut all round to keep the fabric taut. All guy-outs are reinforced with double thickness rip-stop and the loops are made from webbing on the corners, grosgrain on the ends and polyester kick tape for all the others. The ridge seam is flat-felled and then seam sealed.
The middle ridgeline loop is shorter than the next loops to create a catenary shape without restricting the pitching angles. The whole thing weighs 590g.
The cat cut edges
I painted my Ti and ally stakes too, much easier to see in the undergrowth.
I was going to ' Sew the bloody doors on' but slipped a disc at the machine, so it will have to wait. Therse a few mods I'd make to the next one, but the cat shape seems bob-on. Its quite windy today and the tarp is holding its shape well.
Hope you like, door mod to follow shortly
(don't know whats happened to image hosting, every time I link to photobucket it says "invalid URL" so I've attached these tiny pics)
Its a 3.4x3m PU coated 1.5 oz nylon tarp with a catenary cut all round to keep the fabric taut. All guy-outs are reinforced with double thickness rip-stop and the loops are made from webbing on the corners, grosgrain on the ends and polyester kick tape for all the others. The ridge seam is flat-felled and then seam sealed.
The middle ridgeline loop is shorter than the next loops to create a catenary shape without restricting the pitching angles. The whole thing weighs 590g.
The cat cut edges
I painted my Ti and ally stakes too, much easier to see in the undergrowth.
I was going to ' Sew the bloody doors on' but slipped a disc at the machine, so it will have to wait. Therse a few mods I'd make to the next one, but the cat shape seems bob-on. Its quite windy today and the tarp is holding its shape well.
Hope you like, door mod to follow shortly
(don't know whats happened to image hosting, every time I link to photobucket it says "invalid URL" so I've attached these tiny pics)