How To Make A Hammock With Dowel From Rug

Leave about 1 inch overlap on each end.

How to make a hammock with dowel from rug.

Remember that braids end up about 10 shorter than their component cords so cut generously and trim later. Tie a knot with a 8 loop in the center of the rope above the dowel rod. Drill a small pilot hole where the dowels meet. Make two braids each of three strands of cord and cut the braid to a length 3 inches shorter than the fully extended hammock.

Mounting the hammock drill 20 holes 30 for a two person hammock through each of your 2 hardwood bars 1 1 2 inches aside on heart and starting 2 1 4 inches in from each end. Pull the rope over and leave about 1 6 meters 62 inches of it out. Slide the dowels together to make a square frame for the seat by sliding each of the small dowels into the 5 8 inch holes on the large dowels. Knot them off to hold the braids in place.

Hang the hammock as desired. Thread one end through the outermost hole in support bar. Hang it from a tree on your porch or inside your house from a hook screwed securely into the ceiling. Attach your spring link and then your quick link.

Then push the rope all the way down the casing and up through the exact opposite dowel hole at the other long end of the hammock. Place the hammock on a flat surface such as a clear long table or the floor. Make two 3 cord braids 3 shorter than the stretched out length of the hammock net one for each side. You need the net to sag in the middle so it holds a body snug.

Patiently thread the rope through the first hole of one dowel. Secure the frame with screws. Thread the braids in and out of the loops along the long outside edges of the hammock and through the endmost holes in the spreader bars. Using a 1 inch screw secure the two pieces together.