Duct Tape Hammock

This red, white, and blue hammock is the perfect place to relax on the 4th of July!

Step 1: The Pieces

3 x roll Scotch duct tape
2 x wooden dowel (48" x 1" diameter)

Comments

[Alumirust]

Go 'Murica!

[linny]

Wonderful! Is it weatherproof and -- is it a little sticky to lie in?

[bbgun_sniper]

duct tape is waterproof and if u tape duct tape sticky to sticky it will make wats called a fabric which will not be sticky

[magickaldan]

Your failure point will be the two dowels snapping in the middle, a traditional hammock has ropes all along the dowel to a central ring or know.

http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/upimg8/HAMMOCK18244.jpg

[jmiester]

DUCT TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[27-ton Artillery Walker]

out of all the duct tape hammocks ive seen, yours is the best by far. how much did all the materials cost?

[lookwhatjoeysmaking]

OMG i was going to do that but i dedint have any were to hang it so i coldint do it thats frusterating.well congrats to you.

[chaceangel]

use better colors

[123Chimmy321]

Rude

[Lindie]

Very nce!

[bwheeler96]

That is gonna get SO sticky in the sun. but nice work

[ernestmac13]

what type of rope did you use, the hardware store was of no use in pickin out the proper rope? Thanks.

[Dadzilla]

I used some 1/2" braided nylon rope I happened to have laying around. I had used it to pull a tree over and figured it was strong enough. Sorry I can't be more specific as far as the load rating.

[love4pds]

AWESOME!!! Did the tape stretch much when you used it or do you think it will?
Very cool though. After you do replace the dowels I wonder how much weight the tape can stand? Still this is a winner in my eyes. I will come back and vote for you when I can.

[Dadzilla]

I think it will stretch, duct tape does, but it hasn't yet.

[ernestmac13]

PS, my dowels are 2" x 72", & will hopefully support one big person, or 2 150 - 165 pound people. I plan on having the rope attach to a metal ring from several points along the dowel, so as to even out the body weight, so they wont's bend as in the picture. I also figure 2" dowels are pretty hard to bend. I'll post an instructable when done. I'm using black & white tape.

[flamming arrow]

when this contest first came out the first idea i had was to make a duck tape hammock. but i never did it. now you did one and its preety cool. hope you win something.

[jn126]

The 2 ropes on each stick are about 40" apart. If you add another 2 ropes
about 14" apart , then the whole family can use it at the same time
without any bending.

[cprincipe]

If you added more roping to the dowels and shared the load along the entire length of them, they would not bend and easily.

[BubbaJCrow]

By tying additional ropes to the dowel in between a few of the red and white strips you *might* be able to take up some of the load that's causing the dowels to bend.

Looks good, though.

[weeeezzll]

Looks awesome! You might want to consider making each strip of tape progressively longer as you move towards the center along the length and width. This way it forms a slight curve.

[kshedlock]

This is a great idea! But the dowel rods look like they are bending. how much do you think it would hold?

[martelvonc]

You can purchase heavier dowels/clothing poles at any home improvement store.

[Dadzilla]

I hate to admit it, but not much more than my 150 lb. son. Before I gave it any serious use I would replace the dowels with thicker dowels, steel pipe, or add a middle support to the hanger. We toyed with the idea of making duct tape web hangers but after the tedious weaving we were a little anxious to try it out.

[wilgubeast]

That is awesome. I just want to lay in one of those and wave a sparkler around, possibly with some corn on the cob in my other hand. *Salute*

[Dadzilla]

Thank you!