My first DIY hammock.

[fishfish]

a while back last year i bought hammocks for th3e whole family,and after the first trip out Robin my oldest lost his,can you believe it! so last night i set about ,making a hammock for him,it took me 3 hours start to Finish and today we went to the woods to try it out whilst Rob was at school,heres some pics and a short vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSVvjb9ia7k&feature=youtube_gdata


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thanks for looking.

 

[Niels]

Very nice work. Looks professional.

 

[Biker]

Most impressive! Well done!

 

[Shewie]

Looks good Justin, nicely done

 

[kard133]

Looks good, where did you get those rings on the straps?

 

[fishfish]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-25mm...s_Sewing_Supplies_MJ&var=&hash=item20c9026fd2

 

[topknot]

Mist out on your weekend that the b/farm. Its good to see member making up there own kit . Looks like you got the bug, how about a tarp to go with in dpm.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=240-All-Thai-d-Up-Making-a-hammock#comments_start Made mine from this Neil1 link
Cheers
Topknot

 

[fishfish]

snake skin is next!

 

[kard133]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-25mm...s_Sewing_Supplies_MJ&var=&hash=item20c9026fd2

Thanks for the link.

 

[Marmite]

That looks great, super simple set up to

 

[TinkyPete]

very nice work indeed

 

[fishfish]

the boy is very happy with it!

 

[Elen Sentier]

Looks really good - how heavy is it?

 

[fishfish]

about 400grams.

 

[copper_head]

Nice work, very tidy indeed.