I have just taken delivery of some 1/4inch 6mm dymeena cable and had an idea I would like to run past you fine folk. This is for one connection between the tree huggers and the binner end of my hammock, the other will have a whoopie sling at the other, for fine tuning of length.
I have made an eye splice with a very long bury, there is a soft shackle holding the ends together at point "A". This will never be load bearing, it is just to keep things tidy for the moment. { Will be whipped in the finished product}. At points "B" and "C" there are soft shackles passing through both the inner and outer cord. These points could be anywhere down the length and are just two representative points of the one that will be used in the field.
The plan is to turn up and select my two trees and sling up my tarp. I now know where the hammock will go plus or minus 30cm / a foot. I then set up tree hugger no.1 and can eye ball just where one end of the hammock will go. Pass a small fid through the cable at said point, soft shackle on, hammock binner on...sorted. Tree hugger, whoopie sling hammock at other end, fine tune and were done.
So we come to the question will a soft shackle passing thought two 6mm lengths be ok. I am thinking it is like one of those webbing things with 20 loops sewn in but made from amsteel.
Comments Please!
I have made an eye splice with a very long bury, there is a soft shackle holding the ends together at point "A". This will never be load bearing, it is just to keep things tidy for the moment. { Will be whipped in the finished product}. At points "B" and "C" there are soft shackles passing through both the inner and outer cord. These points could be anywhere down the length and are just two representative points of the one that will be used in the field.
The plan is to turn up and select my two trees and sling up my tarp. I now know where the hammock will go plus or minus 30cm / a foot. I then set up tree hugger no.1 and can eye ball just where one end of the hammock will go. Pass a small fid through the cable at said point, soft shackle on, hammock binner on...sorted. Tree hugger, whoopie sling hammock at other end, fine tune and were done.
So we come to the question will a soft shackle passing thought two 6mm lengths be ok. I am thinking it is like one of those webbing things with 20 loops sewn in but made from amsteel.
Comments Please!