Duct Tape Hammock

Step 12: Enjoy!

Find some suitable trees, hang the hammock, and relax...or fake relaxing, like my son in the picture.

Comments

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.