Re: [at-l] how to hang a hammock

["David F. Addleton" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com>]

Here's the goal: the center of gravity and the center of the hammock need to be in the same place.  You will achieve this by hanging the hammock so that the two rings at both ends remain level with respect to gravity.  Except for the swing in the hammock, the lengths beyond the rings do not matter. You will get a strange swing if the lengths are substantially different, but you can still lie comfortably in the hammock if the two rings remain level with respect to gravity.

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On 9/5/00 at 7:36 AM Pat Villeneuve wrote:

>Okay, what if I hung both ends from a rafter or joist or whatever you call
>those beams?...
>
>Chocolate
>
>kahley7 wrote:
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>> Gimme, I think you may have a problem...
>> The deal, I think, with hammocks is that you have to hang them fairly
>> level?  Trying to picture how you would hang one end from a wall
>> and the other from the ceiling and heir is no way I can come up
>> with anything approaching comfort.  More ike a swing than a bed
>> IYKWIM.
>> Even if you use a long line from the ceiling, without some way
>> of providing lateral stretch on that end, even your minimal
>> weight will form a ball in the bottom.  Off course I may be
>> way off but I have never worked as a physicist or a hammock hanger. <g>
>
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